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
| Revelation 5:7 | And he went and took the scroll from the right hand (dexias | δεξιᾶς | gen sg fem) of the one who was seated on the throne. |
| Revelation 10:2 | He held in his hand a little scroll that had been unrolled. Placing his right (dexion | δεξιόν | acc sg masc) foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, |
| Revelation 10:5 | Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right (dexian | δεξιάν | acc sg fem) hand to heaven |
| Revelation 13:16 | He also caused everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on their right (dexias | δεξιᾶς | gen sg fem) hand or on their forehead. |
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.