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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 - Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - If then ye will deal mercifully and justly with my lord, 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 his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasse on his left hand, but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasse, guiding his hands crosswise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - And the angel of the Lord went farther, and came and stood in a narrow place where it was impossible to turn to the right or the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - I will pass through thy land: I will go by the road, I will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - And ye shall take heed to do as the Lord thy God commanded thee; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - Thou shalt do according to the law and to the judgment which they shall declare to thee: thou shalt not swerve to the right hand or to the left from any sentence which they shall report to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart be not lifted up [fn]above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn [fn]therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - And it will return [fn]westward from Bæthegeneth, and will join Zabulon and Ekgai, and Phthæel northwards, and the borders will come to Saphthæbæthme, and Inael, and will go on to Chobamasomel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Bæthsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Bæthsamys.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abenner said to him, Turn thou to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armour: but Asael would not turn back from following him.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - (LXX 7:25) And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed [fn]on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - (LXX 7:35) And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of [fn]pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the [fn]snuffers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And Michaias said, Not so, it is not I: hear the word of the Lord; it is not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought up all the priests from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gæbal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - (LXX 6:29) And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Ætham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand ‘Stability,’ and the name of the one on the left ‘Strength.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse the vessels in them; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - But he said, Not so. Hear ye the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood by on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - And Esdras the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattathias, and Samaeas, and Ananias, and Urias, and Chelcia, and Massia, on his right hand; and on his left Phadaeas, and Misael, and Melchias, and Asom, and Asabadma, and Zacharias, and Mesollam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 - His left hand shall be under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 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 BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - (LXX 9:19) But one shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - spread forth thy tent yet to the right and the left: for thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right to the four; and the face of a calf on the left to the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - Your elder sister who dwells on thy left hand is Samaria, she and her daughters: and thy younger sister, that dwells on thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - And I will destroy thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and sware by him that lives for ever, that it should be for a time of times and half a time: when the dispersion is ended they shall know all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?

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