What does εὐώνυμος (euṓnymos) mean in the Bible?
εὐώνυμος (euṓnymos): Euphemistic term for "left" derived from the superstitious avoidance of naming the unlucky direction directly.
Greek · G2176
εὐώνυμος
Left/south
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εὐώνυμος G2176
Pronunciation euṓnymos
What does εὐώνυμος (euṓnymos) mean in the Bible?
εὐώνυμος (euṓnymos): Euphemistic term for "left" derived from the superstitious avoidance of naming the unlucky direction directly.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2176?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include left (4), [His] left (3), . . . (1), left [foot] (1).
Where does εὐώνυμος (euṓnymos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 20:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Mark (2), Acts (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It left 4× Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:23, Mark 10:40, Mark 15:27
[His] left 3× Matthew 25:33, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 27:38
. . . 1× Acts 21:3
left [foot] 1× Revelation 10:2
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 20:21 εὐωνύμων to left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 20:23 εὐωνύμων to left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 25:33 εὐωνύμων to [His] left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 25:41 εὐωνύμων to [His] left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 27:38 εὐωνύμων to [His] left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 10:40 εὐωνύμων to left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 15:27 εὐωνύμων to left Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Acts 21:3 εὐώνυμον to . . . Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 10:2 εὐώνυμον to left [foot] Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 20:21
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Matthew 5 Mark 2 Acts 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
εὐωνύμων 7x euōnymōn Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:23, Matthew 25:33, Matthew 25:41
εὐώνυμον 2x euōnymon Acts 21:3, Revelation 10:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 7x Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:23, Matthew 25:33, Matthew 25:41
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 21:3
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 10:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Euphemistic term for "left" derived from the superstitious avoidance of naming the unlucky direction directly.
Strong's G2176
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 3 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
left/south
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Euphemistic term for "left" derived from the superstitious avoidance of naming the unlucky direction directly.
(εὖ, ὄνομα), [in LXX chiefly for שְׂמֹאול ;]
1of good name or omen.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 20:21 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων, euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Matthew 20:23 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Matthew 25:33 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων. euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Matthew 25:41 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων, euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Matthew 27:38 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων. euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Mark 10:37 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Mark 10:40 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Mark 15:27 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
εὐωνύμων euwnumwn
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Acts 21:3 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
εὐώνυμον, euwnumon
on the left-hand side, left
Read verse Revelation 10:2 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
εὐώνυμον euwnumon
on the left-hand side, left
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (7) Number pattern Plural (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 20:21 · Matt 20:23 · Matt 25:33 · Matt 25:41 · Matt 27:38 · Mark 10:40 · Mark 15:27 7×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 21:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 10:2 1×
Word Origins
εὐώνυμος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain