ἀριστερός, ἀριστερά, ἀριστερόν, left: Mat_6:3; Luk_23:33; (Mar_10:37 T Tr WH, on the plural cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 3); ὅπλα ἀριστερά i. e. carried in the left hand, defensive weapons, 2Co_6:7. (From Homer down.)

ἀριστερός aristeros 4x the left hand, Mat_6:3 ; so ἐξ ἀριστερῶν , i.e. μερῶν , Luk_23:33 ; 2Co_6:7 ; Mar_10:37

ἀριστερός , -ά , -όν , [in LXX for H8040 ;] left, on the left: ὅπλα , 2Co_6:7 ; ἡ ἀ .. ( sc . χείρ ), Mat_6:3 ; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν , on the left ( MM , s.v. ): Mar_10:37 , Luk_23:33 .†

ἀριστερός [page 76] For the phrase ἐξ ἀριστερῶν (as Luk_23:33 ) cf. P Ryl II. 153 .47 (A.D. 138 61), BGU I. 86 .27 (ii/A.D.), P Gen I. 43 .4 (A.D. 226). The adj., it need hardly be said, is very common in the personal descriptions of appellants, witnesses, etc., in legal documents. Cf. also for the sake of the curious sidelight which it throws upon the daily life of Arsinoe the complaint which a woman lodges against Petechon, the male attendant in the women s baths, that he threw hot water over her and κατέκαυσεν τήν τε κοιλίαν καὶ τὸν ἀριστερὸν μηρὸν ἕως τοῦ γόνατος (P Magd 33 recto .4 , B.C. 221). The adj. is still in use.

ἀριστερός "left, on the left", Lat. sinister, ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά towards, i. e. on, "the left", Il. ; ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ χειρός on the "left" hand, Od. ; ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on "the left hand", Hdt. ; or simply, ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς Soph. ; ἐς ἀριστερήν, ἐν ἀριστερῆι Hdt. metaph. "boding ill, ominous", because to a Greek augur, looking northward, the unlucky signs came from the left, Od. [Etym: Deriv. uncertain.]

ἀριστερός, -ά, -όν [in LXX for שְׂמֹאול ;] left, on the left: ὅπλα, 2Co.6:7; ἡ ἀ.. (sc. χείρ), Mat.6:3; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν, on the left (MM, see word ): Mrk.10:37, Luk.23:33.† (AS)