יָמִין yamin

Hebrew word for “right” · Strong’s H3225 · used 140 times in 133 verses

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Meaning

1) right, right hand, right side;

Senses in the lexicon

• right (124)
• right: south (16)

How it is translated

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

• right hand 80
• right 35
• south 14
• right side 11

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 48 (4), Psalms 89 (4), Judges 3 (3), 2 Chronicles 4 (3), Exodus 14 (2), Exodus 15 (2), Leviticus 7 (2), Leviticus 8 (2), Deuteronomy 17 (2), 1 Samuel 23 (2)

Forms

• ימין 33
• ימינו 22
• ימינך 22
• מימין 12
• הימין 11
• בימינו 5
• מימינו 3
• וימינם 3
• ימיני 3
• לימין 3

Words used with it

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

• שְׂמֹאל semol “left” 49
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 13
• שׁוֹק shoq “leg” 7
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 10
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 11
• זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 13
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 8
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 7
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 9
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 7
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 7

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his…
• 1 Kings 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…
• Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Psalms 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
• Psalms 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy…
• Psalms 98:1 — [A Psalm.] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
• Psalms 110:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Psalms 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
• Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right…
• Isaiah 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isaiah 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open…
• Zechariah 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

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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.