What does ἀριστερός (aristerós) mean in the Bible?
ἀριστερός (aristerós) is a Greek word meaning "the left hand (as second-best)".
Greek · G710
ἀριστερός
The left hand (as second-best)
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ἀριστερός G710
Pronunciation aristerós
What does ἀριστερός (aristerós) mean in the Bible?
ἀριστερός (aristerós) is a Greek word meaning "the left hand (as second-best)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G710?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [His] left (1), in [the] left (1), left [hand] (1), Your left (1).
Where does ἀριστερός (aristerós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (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 [His] left 1× Luke 23:33
in [the] left 1× 2 Corinthians 6:7
left [hand] 1× Matthew 6:3
Your left 1× Mark 10:37
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:3
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἀριστερῶν 3x aristerōn Mark 10:37, Luke 23:33, 2 Corinthians 6:7
ἀριστερά 1x aristera Matthew 6:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 3x Mark 10:37, Luke 23:33, 2 Corinthians 6:7
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 6:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. the left hand (as second-best)
Strong's G710
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
the left hand (as second-best)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:3 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀριστερά aristera
on the left hand
Read verse Luke 23:33 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
ἀριστερῶν. aristerwn
on the left hand
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:7 Adjective Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀριστερῶν, aristerwn
on the left hand
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:3 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Mark 10:37 · Luke 23:33 · 2 Cor 6:7 3×
Word Origins
ἀριστερός is built from this root:
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