δεξιός dexios

Greek word for “right” · Strong’s G1188 · used 54 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

δεξιός, -ά, -όν; the right:, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for dexios in context, with how often each is used:

• right hand 37
• right 16
• right hands 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (3), Acts 2 (3), Revelation 1 (3), Matthew 20 (2), Matthew 25 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 16 (2), Luke 22 (2), Acts 7 (2)

Forms

• δεξιῶν 23
• δεξιᾷ 13
• δεξιὰν 4
• δεξιᾶς 4
• δεξιά 2
• δεξιὰ 2
• δεξιόν 2
• δεξιὸς 1
• δεξιοῖς 1
• δεξιὰς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dexios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 12
• καθίζω kathizō “to seat” 10
• εὐώνυμος euōnumos “left/south” 7
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 9
• ἀριστερός aristeros “left” 4
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 7
• χείρ cheir “hand” 7
• εἷς ehis “one” 8
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 6
• πούς pous “foot” 5
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 5
• θρόνος thronos “throne” 4

Key verses

The verses using dexios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
• Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see…
• Acts 5:31 — Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
• Romans 8:34 — Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• Galatians 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of…
• Ephesians 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• Colossians 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
• Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
• 1 Peter 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.