Strong H8040H8040Hשְׂמֹאל

left: north

Transliteration: ώemô'l ώem'ôl
Pronunciation: {sem-ole'} sem-ole'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

1) the left, the left hand, the left side
1a) left
1b) left hand
1c) north (as one faces east)

General definition

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 }) that {is} the north; hence (by orientation) the left hand: - left ({hand} side).

In the Bible

Strong H8040H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

left3
hand1
leave1

First verses

Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
2 Chronicles 3:17
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
2 Chronicles 4:7
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
2 Chronicles 4:8
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.