δεξιός
dexios
right
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Greek word déxios (δεξιός) with Strong's number G1188 means "right". This word is used a total of 54 times in the Bible, indicating its importance and frequency of use in various contexts. In terms of range of usage, the word déxios can be used in both literal and metaphorical senses. For example, it can describe the right side of a person or object, but it also has non-visual connotations such as "skilled" or "expert" as seen in Luke 11:46: "Jesus said, 'Expert in the law, if you were made right with God, you would be justifying yourself in the sight of God; but as it is, you are making yourselves out to be the judge.'" Here, Jesus uses déxios to describe someone who is well-versed in the law, implying that their knowledge and skills are on the right track. The significance of déxios in the Bible lies in its repeated association with themes of expertise, proper alignment, and alignment with God's guidance. This emphasis underscores its importance in conveying the idea of getting things right or being in alignment with a particular standard, be it God's will, moral principles, or technical expertise.
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Occurrences in Scripture
54 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Matthew 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Matthew 6:3But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,
Matthew 20:21He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
Matthew 20:23He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Matthew 22:44‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
Matthew 25:33He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Matthew 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
Matthew 27:29They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Matthew 27:38Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
Mark 10:37They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
Mark 10:40but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
Mark 12:36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” ’
Mark 14:62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
Mark 15:27With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
Mark 16:5Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 1:11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Luke 6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
Luke 20:42David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Luke 22:50A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
Luke 22:69From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
Luke 23:33When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
John 18:10Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
John 21:6He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
Acts 2:25For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
Acts 2:34For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand
Acts 3:7He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acts 7:56and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Romans 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
2 Corinthians 6:7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Galatians 2:9and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
Ephesians 1:20which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Colossians 3:1If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Hebrews 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 1:13But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”
Hebrews 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Matthew 5:39But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Hebrews 10:12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God,
Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
Revelation 1:16He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Revelation 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
Revelation 5:1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.