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Lexicon :: Strong's H8040 - śᵊmō'l

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שְׂמֹאל
Transliteration
śᵊmō'l
Pronunciation
sem-ole'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (H8071) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]
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TWOT Reference: 2267a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

  1. the left, the left hand, the left side

    1. left

    2. left hand

    3. north (as one faces east)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).
STRONGS H8040: Abbreviations
שְׂמאֹל, שְׂמאֹול (BaerJoshua 1:7)54 noun [masculine] the left (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šumêlu; Arabic bdb096905(also bdb096906and bdb096907, bdb096908, north wind); Old Aramaic שמאל, Palmyrene (suffix) סמלך; Syriac bdb096909; √ dubious, שאם + ל NöM 128 HomA. u. A. i. (1892), 21 Köii. 1. 148, 405; (see also Thes DietrWortforschung 234), compare Arabic bdb096910be unlucky, bdb096911left, bdb096912, bdb096913north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHMEpigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7; other views in Sta§ 299 LagBN 116); — שְׂמאֹל abs, Genesis 13:9 +, construct Genesis 48:13; 2 Kings 23:8; שְׂמאֹול absolute Numbers 20:17 +; suffix שְׂמאֹלֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 2:21, שְׂמאֹלוֺ Genesis 48:13 +, etc.; — opposed to יָמִין except Genesis 14:15; Judges 19:27; 2 Kings 23:8; —
1. left, region on the left, Genesis 13:9 (J); on the left is עַלשּֿׂ׳ 2 Kings 23:8; Ezekiel 16:46; Zechariah 4:3, 11, עַלהַֿשּׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 6:29 compare 2 Chronicles 18:18, also מִשּׂ׳ (a sinistra) Exodus 14:22, 29 (P), 2 Samuel 16:6 + 7 times + מִהַשּׂ׳ 2 Chronicles 3:17; Ezekiel 1:10, לִשׂ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:2, שׂ׳ alone Job 23:9; toward the left is עַלשֿׂ׳ Genesis 24:49 (J), 2 Samuel 2:21; Zechariah 12:6, עַלהַֿשּׂ׳ 2 Samuel 2:19, שׂ׳ alone 1 Samuel 6:12; Isaiah 9:20 + 13 times
†2. יַדשֿׂ׳ left hand, Judges 3:21; Judges 7:20, so שׂ׳ alone Genesis 48:18, 13, 14 (E), Judges 16:29; Ezekiel 39:8; Jonah 4:11; Proverbs 3:16; Daniel 12:7; Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3.
†3. = north (on left of one facing east, compare אָחוֺר d, יָמִין 4, קֶדֶם 1 b) Genesis 14:15; Joshua 19:27(P); of. Ezekiel 16:46.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9; 13:9; 14:15; 14:15; 24:49; 48:13; 48:13; 48:13; 48:14; 48:18

Exodus

14:22; 14:29

Numbers

20:17

Joshua

1:7; 19:27

Judges

3:21; 7:20; 16:29; 19:27

1 Samuel

6:12

2 Samuel

2:19; 2:21; 2:21; 16:6

2 Kings

23:8; 23:8; 23:8

1 Chronicles

6:29

2 Chronicles

3:17; 18:18

Job

23:9

Proverbs

3:16

Ecclesiastes

10:2

Song of Songs

2:6; 8:3

Isaiah

9:20

Ezekiel

1:10; 16:46; 16:46; 39:8

Daniel

12:7

Jonah

4:11

Zechariah

4:3; 4:11; 12:6

H8040

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Strong's Number H8040 matches the Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śᵊmō'l),
which occurs 54 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:9–Jon 4:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And Micaiah said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 -
On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him;
He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 -
Length of days is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 -
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 -
His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand doth embrace me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3 -
His left hand should be under my head,
And his right hand should embrace me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - and should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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