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Lexicon :: Strong's H3225 - yāmîn

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יָמִין
Transliteration
yāmîn
Pronunciation
yaw-meen'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
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TWOT Reference: 872a

Strong’s Definitions

יָמִין yâmîyn, yaw-meen'; from H3231; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south:— left-handed, right (hand, side), south.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 139x

The KJV translates Strong's H3225 in the following manner: hand (105x), right (24x), side (5x), south (3x), lefthanded (with H334) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 139x
The KJV translates Strong's H3225 in the following manner: hand (105x), right (24x), side (5x), south (3x), lefthanded (with H334) (2x).

  1. right, right hand, right side

    1. right hand

    2. right (of direction)

    3. south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָמִין yâmîyn, yaw-meen'; from H3231; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south:— left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
STRONGS H3225: Abbreviations
† I. יָמִין 137 noun feminineExodus 15:6 (Proverbs 27:16 no except, see Now Str) right hand (Late Hebrew id.; SI3 מימן on the right; Aramaic יַמִּינָא, bdb041101; Arabic bdb041102 right, right side, right hand, south; Ethiopic bdb041103 right hand, bdb041104 right side, Sabean ימן right hand, ימנת soth, are also quoted; Assyrian imnu, right, right side, on the right, DlHWB 307) — absolute יָמִין Genesis 13:9 + 40 times; construct יְמִין 1 Samuel 23:24 + 19 times; suffix יְמִינִי Jeremiah 22:24 + 6 times, etc.; always singular: —
1. right hand:
a. literally of man, often opposed to שׂמאֹול Genesis 48:13, 14 (compare Genesis 48:18), Daniel 12:7; יָדַע בֵּיןיְֿמִינוֺ לִשְׂמאֹלוֺ Jonah 4:11 distinguish between one's right hand and one's left; שׁלח ימים Judges 5:26 (|| יד); as holding the lot Ezekiel 21:27; also of right hand as skilful Psalm 137:5; as receiving bribes Psalm 26:10 (|| יָדַיִן); used in false swearing יְמִינָם וְמִין שֶׁקֶר Psalm 144:8; Psalm 144:11 their right hand is a right hand of falsehood; oft also with יַד, יַדיִֿמִינוֺ Genesis 48:17 (E) hand of his right = his right hand Judges 7:20; 2 Samuel 20:9; אִטֵּר יַדיְֿמִינוֺ Judges 3:15; Judges 20:16 bound as to one's right hand, i.e. left-handed.
b. figurative, of right hand as held by י׳ Isaiah 41:13; Isaiah 45:1; so יַדיֿמיני Psalm 73:23.
c. right hand of י׳, as instrument of delivering Israel Exodus 15:6 (twice in verse); Exodus 15:12 +, compare בִּגְכוּרוֺת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֺ Psalm 20:7; שְׁנוֺת יְמִין עֶלְיוֺן Psalm 77:11; || זְרוֺעַ Psalm 98:1; as acquiring the temple-site Psalm 78:54; as holding his servant Psalm 18:36 (line omitted in || 2 Samuel 22:36), compare Psalm 63:9 & בִּימִין צִדְקִי Isaiah 41:10; as finding, lighting upon (מצא) his enemies Psalm 21:9 (|| יד); as full of צֶדֶק Psalm 48:11; as dispensing blessings Psalm 16:11 נעימות בימינך (compare Proverbs 3:16 of wisdom, personified); used in divine oath is Psalm 62:8 (|| זְרוֺעַ).
2. of situation on, or direction toward, the right:
a. of situation, with מִן, מִימִינָם וּמְשְּׂמאֹלָם Exodus 14:22, 29 a wall on their right hand and on their left hand; similarly 2 Samuel 16:6; 1 Kings 7:39, 49 2 Chronicles 3:17; 4:6; 1 Kings 22:19 (= 2 Chronicles 18:18 with על), 2 Chronicles 4:7, 8; Psalm 91:7 (|| מִצִּדְּךָ); for protection Psalm 16:8; מימין ל 2 Kings 23:13; Ezekiel 10:3; with לְ, וַתֵּשֶׁב לִימִינוֺ 1 Kings 2:19, so Psalm 110:1; Psalm 45:10; Psalm 109:31; with עַלֿ Zechariah 3:1; 1 Chronicles 6:24; 2 Chronicles 18:18 (= 1 Kings 22:19 with מן), Nehemiah 8:4; Job 30:12; Psalm 109:6; compare Psalm 110:5; without preposition יְמִין הָעִיר 2 Samuel 24:5; Job 23:9.
b. of direction toward, literal נָטָה ימין Numbers 20:17; Numbers 22:26 (both J E); סוּר ימין Deuteronomy 2:27; 1 Samuel 6:12; פָּרַץ ימין ושׂ׳ Isaiah 54:3; also (verb הִמָּרֶד in previous clause) Genesis 13:9; הַבֵּיט ימין Psalm 142:5; and looking is implied also in Ezekiel 1:10 (with אֶלֿ; opposed to מֵהַשְּׂמאֹול); with עַל, נטה (לָלֶכֶת) על הַיָּמִין 2 Samuel 2:19, 21; פנה עליֿמין Genesis 24:49; followed by אֶל, of course (הלך) of boundary Joshua 17:1; with לְ, לַיָמִין מֵעַל לַחוֺמָה Nehemiah 12:31 (verb omitted, went) to the right above the wall; figurative of moral deviation, יָמִין ֗֗֗ מִן־הַדָּבָר סוּר וּשְׂמֹאול Deuteronomy 17:11, so Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 28:14; Joshua 1:7; Joshua 23:6; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; נטה ימין ושׂ׳ Proverbs 4:27; also (very late) of the right as morally good, לֵב חָכָן לִימִינוֺ (opposed to שׂמאל) Ecclesiastes 10:2 De Reuss Now.
†3. of other parts of the body, besides hand (see יַדיֿמינו etc. above): right thigh יֶרֶךְ יְמִינוֺ Judges 3:16, 24; eye עֵין יָמִין 1 Samuel 11:2; עין ימינו Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); especially שׁוֺק הַיָּמִין i.e. the right (upper) leg of sacrificial animal Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 7:32, 33; Leviticus 8:25, 26; Leviticus 9:21; Numbers 18:18.
†4. = south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south: מִימִין הַיְשִׁימוֺן 1 Samuel 23:19; אֶליְֿמִין 1 Samuel 23:24; ישׁב מִימִינֵךְ Ezekiel 16:46 (|| עלשֿׂמאולך); צָפוֺן וְיָמִין Psalm 89:13; perhaps also Psalm 107:3, see יָם 9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9; 13:9; 24:49; 48:13; 48:14; 48:17; 48:18

Exodus

14:22; 14:29; 15:6; 15:6; 15:12; 29:22

Leviticus

7:32; 7:33; 8:25; 8:26; 9:21

Numbers

18:18; 20:17; 22:26

Deuteronomy

2:27; 5:29; 17:11; 17:20; 28:14

Joshua

1:7; 17:1; 23:6

Judges

3:15; 3:16; 3:24; 5:26; 7:20; 20:16

1 Samuel

6:12; 11:2; 23:19; 23:24; 23:24

2 Samuel

2:19; 2:21; 16:6; 20:9; 22:36; 24:5

1 Kings

2:19; 7:39; 7:49; 22:19; 22:19

2 Kings

22:2; 23:13

1 Chronicles

6:24

2 Chronicles

3:17; 4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 18:18; 18:18; 34:2

Nehemiah

8:4; 12:31

Job

23:9; 30:12

Psalms

16:8; 16:11; 18:36; 20:7; 21:9; 26:10; 45:10; 48:11; 62:8; 63:9; 73:23; 77:11; 78:54; 89:13; 91:7; 98:1; 107:3; 109:6; 109:31; 110:1; 110:5; 137:5; 142:5; 144:8; 144:11

Proverbs

3:16; 4:27; 27:16

Ecclesiastes

10:2

Isaiah

41:10; 41:13; 45:1; 54:3

Jeremiah

22:24

Ezekiel

1:10; 10:3; 16:46; 21:27

Daniel

12:7

Jonah

4:11

Zechariah

3:1; 11:17

H3225

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Strong's Number H3225 matches the Hebrew יָמִין (yāmîn),
which occurs 141 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 13:9–2Ki 12:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - Now then, if you are going to show steadfast love and faithfulness to 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 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power,
your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - You stretched out your right hand;
the earth swallowed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 - “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:32 - And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:33 - Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:25 - Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:21 - but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:18 - But their flesh shall be yours, as the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - ‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - You shall be careful therefore to do as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - He said,
“The LORD came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;[fn]
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came from the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire[fn] at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success[fn] wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit[fn] in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:16 - Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men and take his spoil.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - And he threw 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 Box2Sa 20:9 - And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer,[fn] and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the LORD. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

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