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δεξιός

MainId: 001203000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1188

AlternateLemmas: δεξιά

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001203001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: δεξιός

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ά, -όν

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001203001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 82.8

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Spacial Orientations

      LEXSubDomains: Left, Right, Straight Ahead, Opposite

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-11 21:36:41

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to being to the right of some point of reference

         Glosses: ['right', 'right side']

         Comments: For another interpretation of δεξιός as part of an idiom in {S:04101003700022}, see {D:87.34}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 5:29, MAT 5:30, MAT 5:39, MAT 20:21, MAT 20:23, MAT 22:44, MAT 25:33, MAT 25:34, MAT 26:64, MAT 27:29, MAT 27:38, MARK 10:37, MARK 10:40, MARK 12:36, MARK 14:62, MARK 15:27, MARK 16:5, MARK 16:19, LUKE 1:11, LUKE 6:6, LUKE 20:42, LUKE 22:50, LUKE 22:69, LUKE 23:33, YHN 18:10, YHN 21:6, ACTs 2:25, ACTs 2:34, ACTs 3:7, ACTs 5:31, ACTs 7:55, ACTs 7:56, ROM 8:34, EPH 1:20, COL 3:1, HEB 1:3, HEB 1:13, HEB 8:1, HEB 10:12, HEB 12:2, 1PET 3:22, REV 1:16, REV 10:2, REV 10:5, REV 13:16

   2. LEXID: 001203001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 8.32

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

      LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body

      LEXCollocations: δεξιά

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-11 21:36:41

         DefinitionShort: an abbreviated reference to a person’s right hand, which is generally the dominant hand; positive associations as opposed to the left

         Glosses: right hand

         Comments: The expression in {S:04000600300026} is idiomatic and means not letting others know about the good which one does (see {D:28.74}). The right hand is often spoken of idiomatically as ‘the good hand’ or ‘the strong hand.’ Sometimes it is called ‘the mouth hand,’ that is to say, the hand which one uses in eating.|For δεξιά in the idiom δεξιὰς δίδωμι ‘to give the right hand’ ({S:04800200900034}), see {D:34.42}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 6:3, MAT 27:29, 2COR 6:7, GAL 2:9, REV 1:17, REV 1:20, REV 2:1, REV 5:1, REV 5:7

   3. LEXID: 001203001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 76.4

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Power, Force

      LEXCollocations: δεξιά

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-11 21:36:41

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:δεξιός}[b] ‘right hand,’ {D:8.32}) power, with the added implication of authority

         Glosses: power

      LEXReferences: ACTs 2:33

   4. LEXID: 001203001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 34.42

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Association

      LEXSubDomains: Establish or Confirm a Relation

      LEXCollocations: δεξιὰς δίδωμι

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-11 21:36:41

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to give right hands) to acknowledge an agreement establishing some relation, normally involving the actual practice of shaking hands

         Glosses: ['to make a covenant', 'to make an agreement']

      LEXReferences: GAL 2:9