Quick Definition
the side of the body
Strong's Definition
a rib, i.e. (by extension) side
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: side
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλευρά, πλευρᾶς, ἡ, from Homer (who always uses the plural) down; the side of the body: Joh_19:34; Joh_20:20; Joh_20:25; Joh_20:27; Act_12:7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλευρά pleura 5x
pr. a rib; the side of the body, Joh_19:34 ; Joh_20:20 ; Joh_20:25 ; Joh_20:27 ; Act_12:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλευρά , -ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX ( freq . pl . as in Hom .) chiefly for H6763 ;]
the side: Mat_27:49 ([[ WH ]] R , mg .), Joh_19:34 ; Joh_20:20 ; Joh_20:25 ; Joh_20:27 Act_12:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλευρά [page 518]
generally = the side of a human being : cf. P Oxy XII. 1414 .26 (A.D. 270 5) τῆς πλευρᾶς [ῥ ]έγχ̣ομαι , I have a cough from my lung (Edd.), and the magic P Osl I. 1 .355 (iv/A.D.) ἄνυγον αὐτῆς τὴν δεξιὰν πλεύραν . The neut. πλευρόν , which, along with πλευρά , is found in the LXX (Thackeray Gr. i. p. 157), may be illustrated from the astrological P Ryl II. 63 .6 (iii/A.D.) Ἄρεως πλευρών , the chest to Mars, and P Lond 121 .266 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 93) εἰς τὸ δεξιὸν πλευρ [ὸ ]ν μέρος . An unusual use of the word = vessel is found in P Fay 104 .2 (late iii/A.D.) πλευρῶν ὑελῶν , glass vessels : see the editors note.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πλευρά [Etym: = πλευρόν] "a rib", Lat. costa, Hdt. : mostly in pl. "the ribs, the side", Il. , Hdt. , attic:—in sg., also, of "one side", Soph. "the side" of things and places, πλευραὶ νηός Theogn. ; χωρίου, ποταμοῦ Plat. ; of an army, αἱ πλ. τοῦ πλαισίου Xen. "the page" of a book, Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πλευρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX (frequently pl. as in Hom.) chiefly for צֵלָע ;]
the side: Mat.27:49 ([[WH]] R, mg.), Jhn.19:34 20:20, 25 20:27 Act.12:7.†
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