euōnymos · left

What it means

euōnymos (εὐώνυμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “left”.

The left hand.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The left side, which the Bible usually ranks below the right.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×2
• Acts×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 20:21

  And he said to her, “What do you want?” She says to him, “Say that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

• Matthew 20:23

  He says to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

• Matthew 25:33

  and he will set the sheep at his right, but the goats at the left.

• Matthew 25:41

  Then he will say also to those at the left, ‘Go from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

• Matthew 27:38

  Then two robbers are crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

• Mark 10:40

  but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to grant; rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

• Mark 15:27

  And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right and one on his left.

• Acts 21:3

  And when we had sighted Cyprus and left it on the left, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was unloading its cargo.

• Revelation 10:2

  and he had in his hand a little scroll lying open. And he set his right foot on the sea and the left on the land,