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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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, H8040 then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to 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, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand H8040 of Damascus.

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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. H8040

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, H8040 and Manasseh in his left hand H8040 toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

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 H8040 upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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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. H8040

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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. H8040

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, H8040 until we have passed thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. H8040

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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 high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. H8040

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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: H8040 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 thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, H8040 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 thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest 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, H8040 that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Be ye therefore 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; H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud put forth his left H8040 hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

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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 lamps in their left H8040 hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, 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 stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; H8040 and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left H8040 from following Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, H8040 and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of 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. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left H8040 side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, H8040 before the oracle, with 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 he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

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, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. H8040

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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 Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand H8040 at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: H8040 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 reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; H8040 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, H8040 to wash in them: such things as they offered for 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 ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. H8040

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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. H8040 And he made an hundred basons of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 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 David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. H8040

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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 Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, H8040 Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - On the left hand, H8040 where 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; and in her left hand H8040 riches and honour.

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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: H8040 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. H8040

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 - His left hand H8040 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 H8040 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 he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, H8040 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 break forth on the right hand and on the left; H8040 and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, 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 four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; H8040 they four also had 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, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: H8040 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 H8040 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, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand H8040 unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter 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 spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; H8040 and also much cattle?

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