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Lexicon :: Strong's H8040 - śᵊmō'l

Aa
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]
Dictionary Aids

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the Lord went further, stopping in a narrow place where there was no room for turning to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - Turning to the east to Beth-dagon and stretching to Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el as far as Beth-emek and Neiel to the north; on the left it goes as far as Cabul

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he put the bases by the house, five on the right side and five on the left; and he put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house, to the east, facing south.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He put up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right side and one on the left, naming the one on the right Jachin and that on the left Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - And he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 - His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3 - His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?

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