Easton's Bible Dictionary
(
Judges 3:15;
20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one who uses the left as well as the right, ambidexter. Such a condition of the hands is due to physical causes. This quality was common apparently in the tribe of Benjamin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
2. (a.) Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
3. (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.
Greek
4630. Skeuas -- Sceva, a Jewish chief priest ... Sceva. Apparently of Latin origin;
left-
handed; Scevas (ie Scoevus), an Israelite --
Sceva. (skeua) -- 1 Occurrence. 4629, 4630. Skeuas. 4631 .
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4630.htm - 6kStrong's Hebrew
334. itter -- shut up, bound... 333, 334. itter. 335 . shut up, bound. Transliteration: itter Phonetic Spelling:
(it-tare') Short Definition:
left-
handed.
... left-
handed.
... /hebrew/334.htm - 6k 3225. yamin -- right hand
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition right hand NASB Word Usage left-handed*
(2), right (49), right hand (75), right side (8), south (4), southward (1). ...
/hebrew/3225.htm - 6k
3027. yad -- hand
... 1), herself (1), himself (1), hold* (1), human agency (1), idle* (1), influence
(1), jaws (1), labor (1), large* (2), leadership (1), left-handed* (2), let go ...
/hebrew/3027.htm - 8k
Library
The Story of a Divine Tragedy
... "Perhaps," the athlete said, "he bought this left-handed catapult thinking
he might throw the discus farther than I can throw it.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter x the story of.htm
The Three Several Natures -- the Material, the Animal, and the ...
... [6852] To the material, that is to say the carnal (nature), which they also call
"the left-handed," they assign undoubted destruction; to the animal (nature ...
/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter xxvi the three several natures.htm
God's Use of Weak Things.
... A left-handed man uses that peculiarity to get a great victory and eighteen years
of freedom for the nation.[24] A farmer with as homely a weapon as an ox-goad ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/gods use of weak things.htm
Formation of the Demiurge; Description of Him. He is the Creator ...
... himself, that is, animal substances, which they also call right-handed, and those
which sprang from the passion, and from matter, which they call left-handed. ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter v formation of the demiurge.htm
Letter xiv . --To the Bishop of Melitene.
... amount of cunning invincible in power [2226] accompanies them, advanced before them
to lead their host, like some right-and-left-handed combatant, fighting ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter xiv to the bishop.htm
August 12 Evening
... When the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer,
Ehud, . . . a man lefthanded. After him was Shamgar, . . . ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/august 12 evening.htm
Incidents of Childhood
... study which I liked very much. I was beginning to learn to write; but as
I was left-handed, my movements were very slow and awkward. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter iii incidents of childhood.htm
"There, Baby!" Said Diamond; "I'M So Happy that I Can Only Sing ...
... stopped his shovelling, leaned on his spade, rubbed his forehead thoughtfully with
his left hand"-the little angels were all left-handed"-repeated the ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 25 there baby said.htm
The Voice Behind Thee
... Or it may be it is what I have described as a left-handed sin: the man was carried
on to an action which, if he had actually performed it, would have involved ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 28 1882/the voice behind thee.htm
The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Ehud the Left-handed concealed under his garments a keen dagger, and joined himself
to the Benjamite deputies who were to carry their dues to the Moabite ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm
Thesaurus
Lefthanded (2 Occurrences)... This quality was common apparently in the tribe of Benjamin. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia.
LEFTHANDED.
... Multi-Version Concordance
Lefthanded (2 Occurrences).
.../l/lefthanded.htm - 8kLeft-handed (3 Occurrences)
Left-handed. Lefthanded, Left-handed. Leftover . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
(See NIV). Lefthanded, Left-handed. Leftover . Reference Bible.
/l/left-handed.htm - 8k
Ehud (12 Occurrences)
... access alone to the presence of King Eglon under pretense of a secret errand connected
with the payment of Israel's tribute, Ehud, a left-handed man, drew the ...
/e/ehud.htm - 11k
Eglon (13 Occurrences)
... 18 years of servitude the children of Israel were delivered by Ehud the Benjamite,
who like so many other Benjamites (compare Judges 20:16) was left-handed. ...
/e/eglon.htm - 13k
Left (3923 Occurrences)
... synonymous with north (Genesis 14:15 Joshua 19:27 Ezekiel 16:46 Acts 21:3). While
the left hand is considered as weaker than the right (see LEFTHANDED), it is ...
/l/left.htm - 9k
Leftover (2 Occurrences)
/l/leftover.htm - 6k
Leftest (1 Occurrence)
/l/leftest.htm - 6k
Gera (9 Occurrences)
... Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them
up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. ...
/g/gera.htm - 10k
Deliverer (29 Occurrences)
... 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up
a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him ...
/d/deliverer.htm - 15k
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