1. left (side) — Pertaining to the left side or left hand, used in contrast to the right side in eschatological judgment scenes (Matt 20:21,23, 25:33,41, 27:38; Mark 10:37,40, 15:27), descriptions of position or direction (Acts 21:3; Rev 10:2). The euphemistic Greek name (lit. 'well-named/of good name') masks the negative cultural associations of the left side. Multilingual evidence: eng 'left/on-left/the-left', spa 'izquierda/izquierdo/a-la-izquierda', hin 'bayin-or/bayan', arb 'yasarihi/al-yusra/an-yasarina', kor 'oenjjok/oenjjokeul', swa 'kushoto/wa-kushoto/upande-wa-kushoto'. All three clusters are case/gender inflections (GNP, AMS, AFS) of the same directional adjective. 9×
AR["اليُسرى","الْيَسَارِ","عَنْ-يَسَارِنَا","يَساري","يَسارِكَ","يَسَارِهِ","يَسَارِي"]·ben["বাম","বামদিকে","বামদিকের-দের","বামে"]·DE["linke"]·EN["left","on-left","the-left"]·FR["gauche"]·heb["לִשְׂמֹאל","שְׂמֹאל","שְׂמֹאלְךָ","שְׂמֹאלִי","שְׂמֹאלוֹ"]·HI["बअयेएन-ओर","बाईं-ओर","बाएँ","बाएं","बायां"]·ID["di-kiri","kiri","kiri-Ku","sebelah-kiri"]·IT["euonumon","euōnumon","sinistro"]·jav["kiwa","kiwa,","kiwa."]·KO["왼쏨에","왼줁","왼쪽","왼쪽에","왼쪽을"]·PT["esquerda","esquerda,","esquerdo","à-esquerda,"]·RU["левую","левую-руку","левую-руку,","левую-сторону","слева,"]·ES["a-la-izquierda","izquierda","izquierdo","su-izquierda"]·SW["kushoto","kwako","si","upande-wa-kushoto","wa-kushoto"]·TR["sol-tarafta","solumda","solunda","solundakilere","solundan","solunu"]·urd["بائیں","بائیں-طرف","بائیں-پر"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
εὐώνυμ-ος, ον, (ὄνομα) __A of good name, honoured, Refs 8th c.BC+; εὐ. χάρις the honour of a good name, Refs; δίκη.. μὴ εὐ. not creditable, Refs 5th c.BC+ __A.2 expressed in well-chosen terms, λόγος Refs 2nd c.AD+ __A.II having an auspicious name or sound, ἀριστοκρατία Refs 5th c.BC+ __A.II.2 prosperous, fortunate, δίκα, πόδες, Refs 5th c.BC+ __A.II.3 epithet of Artemis, Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. Refs 4th c.BC+…