Lexical Definition

‎ἀριστερός‎ aristerós (ar-is-ter-os') left G:A
apparently a comparative of the same as ‎ἄριστον‎

left (hand).

Usage: 8 forms in 61 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἀριστερῶν for left 2Cor.6.7
left Mark.10.37 • Luke.23.33
ἀριστερά left Matt.6.3
αριστερών his left LXX.1Kgs.22.19 • LXX.2Chr.18.18
left LXX.Gen.48.13 • LXX.Josh.19.27 • LXX.2Sam.16.6 • LXX.1Chr.12.2 • LXX.2Chr.3.17 • LXX.2Chr.4.6 • LXX.2Chr.4.7 • LXX.2Chr.4.8 • LXX.Prov.4.27 • LXX.Isa.9.20 • LXX.Ezek.1.10
left sides LXX.1Kgs.7.39 • LXX.1Kgs.7.49 • LXX.2Kgs.23.8
αριστερόν his left LXX.Eccl.10.2
left LXX.1Kgs.7.21 • LXX.Ezek.4.4
αριστεράσ left LXX.Lev.14.16 • LXX.2Kgs.11.11 • LXX.2Chr.23.10 • LXX.Ezek.39.3
αριστεράν αυτών their left LXX.Jonah.4.11
αριστεράν his left LXX.Judg.3.21 • LXX.Dan.12.7
left LXX.Gen.48.14 • LXX.Lev.14.15 • LXX.Lev.14.26 • LXX.Num.22.26 • LXX.1Sam.6.12 • LXX.2Chr.34.2
αριστερά at his left LXX.Judg.16.29
her left LXX.Prov.3.16
left LXX.Gen.13.9 • LXX.Gen.13.9 • LXX.Gen.14.15 • LXX.Gen.24.49 • LXX.Gen.48.13 • LXX.Lev.14.27 • LXX.Deut.2.27 • LXX.Deut.5.32 • LXX.Deut.17.11 • LXX.Deut.17.20 • LXX.Josh.1.7 • LXX.2Sam.2.19 • LXX.2Sam.2.21 • LXX.2Sam.14.19 • LXX.1Kgs.2.42 • LXX.2Kgs.22.2 • LXX.Prov.4.27 • LXX.Isa.30.21 • LXX.Isa.54.3
left h and LXX.Job.23.9
left sides LXX.1Chr.6.44
their left LXX.Judg.7.20
to left LXX.Deut.28.14

Abbott-Smith

ἀριστερός, -ά, -όν, [in LXX for שְׂמֹאל;]
left, on the left: ὅπλα, II Co 6:7; ἡ ἀ. (sc. χείρ), Mt 6:3; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν, on the left (MM, s.v.): Mk 10:37, Lk 23:33.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 6:3
Mark 10:37
Luke 23:33
2 Corinthians 6:7

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀριστερός [ᾰ], ά, όν,

left, on the left, ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά towards, i.e. on, the left, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 ἀριστερά (with or without χείρ), ἡ, left hand, ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on the left hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, boding ill, ominous, because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν ὄρνις[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 awkward, erring, φρενόθεν ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ ἔβας turnedst to the leftward of thy mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα in a sinister sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους] [Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Prop. 'better', compare ἄριστο; euphemism (compare εὐώνυμος) to avoid ill-luck.)