adjective

aristeras

Greekἀριστερός (aristeros)

Strong’sG710

on the left hand

stem arister-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

left3×left hand1×

What it means

ἀριστερός, -ά, -όν,

[in LXX for שְׂמֹאל;]

left, on the left: ὅπλα, II Co 6:7; ἡ ἀ. (sc. χείρ), Mt 6:3; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν, on the left (MM, s.v.): Mk 10:37, Lk 23:33.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G710 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-is-ter-os'

the left hand (as second-best)

Fromapparently a comparative of the same as G712;

King Jamesleft (hand).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	aristeros	aristeras1×ἀριστερά	aristerem	aristerois	aristerais	aristereim
object accusative	aristeron	aristeran		aristeroin	aristerain
direct address vocative	aristeror	aristerar		aristeroir	aristerair
of, belonging to genitive	aristerou	aristerau	aristereu	aristeroiu	aristeraiu	aristereiu3×ἀριστερῶν
to, for dative	aristero	aristera	aristere	aristeroi	aristerai	aristerei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

aristerstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arister is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

aristeras“left hand”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 6:3“left hand”su de poiarōtou eleēmosunan mē gnōskatar tas aristeras su tinem poiatō tas dexas su,But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

aristereiu“left”of, belonging togenitive plural3×

Mark 10:37“left”tois de legala auto; Dōasar ni hina henos su ek dexeiu kai henos ek aristereiu kathizaneia en ta doxa su.They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”

Luke 23:33“left”kai hote erchala epi ton topon ton kalirōton Kraniem, ekei staurala auton kai toin kakourgoin, hon men ek dexeiu hon de ek aristereiu.When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

2 Corinthians 6:7“left”en logo alētheiau, en dunamia theou; dia teiu hopleiu tau dikaiosunau teiu dexeiu kai aristereiu,in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;