Strong's Lexicon euónumos: Left, left-hand Original Word: εὐώνυμος NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom eu and onoma Definition of good name, euph. for left NASB Translation left (9). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2176: εὐώνυμοςεὐώνυμος, εὐώνυμον (εὖ and ὄνομα); 1. of good name (Hesiod, Pindar), and of good omen (Plato, polit., p. 302 d.; legg. 6, p. 754 e.); in the latter sense used in taking auguries; but those omens were euphemistically called εὐώνυμα which in fact were regarded as unlucky, i. e. which came from the left, sinister omens (for which a good name was desired); hence, 2. left (so from Aeschylus and Herodotus down): Acts 21:3; Revelation 10:2; ἐξ εὐωνύμων (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 3; § 19 under the word δεξιά; Buttmann, 89 (78)), on the left hand (to the left): Matthew 20:21, 23; Matthew 25:33, 41; Matthew 27:38; Mark 10:37 (R G L), From eu and onoma; properly, well-named (good-omened), i.e. The left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverbial, at the left hand -- (on the) left. see GREEK eu see GREEK onoma Englishman's Concordance Matthew 20:21 Adj-GMPGRK: εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου ἐν NAS: on Your right and one on Your left. KJV: the other on the left, in thy INT: one on [the] left hand of you in Matthew 20:23 Adj-GMP Matthew 25:33 Adj-GMP Matthew 25:41 Adj-GMP Matthew 27:38 Adj-GMP Mark 10:40 Adj-GMP Mark 15:27 Adj-GMP Acts 21:3 Adj-AFS Revelation 10:2 Adj-AMS Strong's Greek 2176 |