For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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δεξιός
Vocabulary form:
dexiovV, -iav, -iovn
Definition:
right
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
54
GK:
1288
Root:
dexio
Notes:
You will usually have to add a word to your translation of this word. Context will tell you what it should be. Normally it will be "hand" or "side." It is related to the Latin word "dextra" that gave rise to the English adjective "dextral," which means "right-handed."
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 5:29 | If your right (dexios | δεξιός | nom sg masc) eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. |
| Matthew 5:30 | And if your right (dexia | δεξιά | nom sg fem) hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. |
| Matthew 5:39 | But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer; but whoever slaps you on the right (dexian | δεξιάν | acc sg fem) cheek, turn to him the other as well. |
| Matthew 6:3 | But when you are giving alms, do not let your left hand know what your right (dexia | δεξιά | nom sg fem) hand (dexia | δεξιά | nom sg fem) is doing, |
| Matthew 20:21 | And he said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” |
| Matthew 20:23 | He said to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” |
| Matthew 22:44 | ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand until I put your enemies under your feet”’? |
| Matthew 25:33 | and he will place the sheep on his right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem), and the goats on the left. |
| Matthew 25:34 | Then the King will say to those on his right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem), ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. |
| Matthew 26:64 | Jesus said to him, “It is as you have said. Yet I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of The Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” |
| Matthew 27:29 | and twisting together a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head. They put a staff in his right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand, and kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” |
| Matthew 27:38 | Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) and one on his left. |
| Mark 10:37 | And they said to him, “Give us permission to sit, one on your right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) and one on your left, in your glory.” |
| Mark 10:40 | but to sit on my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) or on my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” |
| Mark 12:36 | David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand, until I put your enemies beneath your feet.”’ |
| Mark 14:62 | And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.” |
| Mark 15:27 | And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) and one on his left. |
| Mark 16:5 | And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right (dexiois | δεξιοῖς | dat pl neut), dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. |
| Mark 16:19 | Then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of God. |
| Luke 1:11 | And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) side of the altar of incense. |
| Luke 6:6 | It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right (dexia | δεξιά | nom sg fem) hand was withered. |
| Luke 20:42 | For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand, |
| Luke 22:50 | And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right (dexion | δεξιόν | acc sg neut) ear. |
| Luke 22:69 | But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of the power of God.” |
| Luke 23:33 | And when they came to the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified him and the criminals — one on his right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) and one on his left. |
| John 18:10 | Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right (dexion | δεξιόν | acc sg neut) ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. |
| John 21:6 | He said to them, “Cast your net to the right (dexia | δεξιά | acc pl neut) side of the boat and you will catch some.” So they cast it there, and then they were unable to haul in the net, because of the large number of fish. |
| Acts 2:25 | For David says regarding him, ‘I foresaw the Lord before me always, for he is at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand that I may not be shaken; |
| Acts 2:33 | So then, exalted at the right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you are both seeing and hearing. |
| Acts 2:34 | For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand, |
| Acts 3:7 | Then taking him by the right (dexias | δεξιᾶς | gen sg fem) hand, Peter raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong; |
| Acts 5:31 | God exalted this Jesus to his own right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) as Leader and Savior, so as to provide repentance for Israel and the remission of sins. |
| Acts 7:55 | But Stephen, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked right into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of God. |
| Acts 7:56 | And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand of God.” |
| Romans 8:34 | Who is it that condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died — and more than that, he was raised — who is at the right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand of God, who also is interceding for us. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:7 | by the word of truth, by the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness both for the right (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) hand and for the left; |
| Galatians 2:9 | and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right (dexias | δεξιάς | acc pl fem) hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. |
| Ephesians 1:20 | which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand in the heavenly realms, |
| Colossians 3:1 | Therefore if Therefore you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, seek where Christ is, seated at the right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand of God. seated |
| Hebrews 1:3 | This Son is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his nature, and although sustaining all there is by the word of his power, yet made purification for sins, and then sat down at the right hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) of the Majesty on high, |
| Hebrews 1:13 | And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand (dexiōn | δεξιῶν | gen pl fem) until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? |
| Hebrews 8:1 | Now the crowning affirmation to what we are saying is this: we do have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, |
| Hebrews 10:12 | But when this priest had offered a single sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) of God, |
| Hebrews 12:2 | fixing our gaze upon Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who rather than the joy set before him endured a cross, disregarding its shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) of the throne of God. |
| 1 Peter 3:22 | who is at the right hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) of God, having gone into heaven, all angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. |
| Revelation 1:16 | In his right (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem) hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was shining like the sun at full strength. |
| Revelation 1:17 | And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he laid his right hand (dexian | δεξιάν | acc sg fem) on me, saying, “Do not fear! I am the First and the Last, |
| Revelation 1:20 | The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand (dexias | δεξιᾶς | gen sg fem), and the seven golden lampstands, is this: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
| Revelation 2:1 | “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand (dexia | δεξιᾷ | dat sg fem), who walks among the seven golden lampstands, has this to say: |
| Revelation 5:1 | Then I saw in the right hand (dexian | δεξιάν | acc sg fem) of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. |
Mnemonics
Right hand
If you are able to remember this is associated with a side, connect your thumb and index finger into a circle and let the rest of your fingers stay up. Look at about hands, the right side forms the letter "d" for this word.