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H8041Hebrew

שָׂמַאל

Definition and meaning

sama'l (saw-mal') v. 1. to use the left hand or pass in that direction) [a primitive root (denominative from H8040)] KJV: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left. Root(s): H8040

Tagged KJV passages

5 matching verses - 5.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Matched English: left2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

Matched English: left1 Chronicles 12:2

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

Matched English: leftIsaiah 30:21

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Matched English: leftEzekiel 21:16

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

Matched English: left