Quick Definition
left
Strong's Definition
properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
Derivation: or שְׂמֹאל; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (שִׂמְלָה) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up);
KJV Usage: left (hand, side).
TWOT Reference: 2267a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) the left, the left hand, the left side
1a) left
1b) left hand
1c) north (as one faces east)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) the left, the left hand, the left side
1a) left
1b) left hand
1c) north (as one faces east)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׂמאֹל / שְׂמֹאול
śemôl / śemôl
BDB Definition:
1) the left, the left hand, the left side
1a) left
1b) left hand
1c) north (as one faces east)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2267a
Total KJV Occurrences: 70