Quick Definition
πλευρά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. the side of the body
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; a rib, i.e. (by extension) side
KJV Usage: side
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς
8.41 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
side of the body either side of the trunk of the body In a number of languages it is necessary to be quite specific with regard to the side of the body, since terms differ depending on whether the area involves (1) the ribs, (2) the area between the ribs and the pelvic bone, or (3) the area of the hip, from the fleshy mid-part of the trunk to the leg.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλευρά, -as, ἡ, fr. Hom. (who always uses the plur.) down; ‘he side of the body: Jn. xix. 84; xx. 20, 25, 27; Acts xii. 7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλευρά pleura 5x
pr. a rib; the side of the body, Jn. 19:34; 20:20, 25, 27; Acts 12:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλευρά, -ᾶς, ἡ,
[in LXX (freq. pl. as in Hom.) chiefly for צֵלָע;]
the side: Mt 27:49 ([[WH]] R, mg.), Jo 19:34 20:20, 25, 27, Ac 12:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλευρά, generally =the ‘‘side” οἵ ahuman being: cf. P Oxy XII. 141428 (A.D. 270-5) τῆς πλευρᾶς [ῥ]έγχομαι, “1 have a cough from my lung” (Edd.), and the magic P Osl I. 1355 (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 ΤΙ. 635 (iii/a.p.) "Ἄρεως πλευρών, ‘ the chest to Mars,’ and P Lond 12178 (iii/A.p.) (=I. p. 93) els τὸ δεξιὸν mAevp[d]y μέρος. An unusual use of the word = “vessel” is found in P Fay 1ο4" (late i1/A.D.) πλευρῶν ὑελῶν, ‘glass vessels’’: see the editors’ note. «
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλευρά (pleura) — side. πλευρ-ά, ᾶς, ἡ, ={πλευρόν}, rib, rare in singular, βοὸς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, ribs, [Refs]
2. plural, generally, side of a man or animal, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖτε ὕπτιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of both sides, ἀνὰ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους [Refs 8th c.BC+]: singular, also, of one side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a side of beef, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: the plural form is variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. side, of things and places, νηὸς πλευραί [Refs 6th c.BC+]; [Πακτωλοῦ] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of an army, αἱ π. τοῦ πλαισίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ π., opposed to κατὰ κεφαλήν, [Refs]
III. in Mathematics texts, side of a triangle or other figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. b side of a rectangle, [Refs]one factor of any product, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. c side of a square of cube, and root of a square of cubic number, [Refs]; κυβικὴ π. cube root, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. d generator of a cone or cylinder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]