Word study
Side
26 Hebrew and 6 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: side, sides, sided, siding. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
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How often each original word is translated “side” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- סָבִיב sâbîbcircuit, round abouttranslated this way 47 times of its 295 uses · Strong’s H5439Adverb · Translated: around 151, side 31, surrounding 29, sides 16Full study and all 268 verses →
Exodus 29:16 You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.
Leviticus 1:5 And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- פֵּאָה pêâhcorner, sidetranslated this way 35 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H6285Noun · Translated: side 34, boundary 4, corners 3, edges 3Full study and all 46 verses →
Exodus 26:18 Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
Leviticus 19:27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
- צֵלָע tsêlârib, sidetranslated this way 25 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H6763Noun · Translated: side 11, side rooms 9, sides 4, boards 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Exodus 25:12 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- עֵבֶר êberregion across or beyond, sidetranslated this way 24 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H5676Noun · Translated: beyond 23, across 15, side 11, other side 8Full study and all 76 verses →
Exodus 32:15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Numbers 21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- צַד tsadsidetranslated this way 22 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H6654Noun · Translated: side 13, sides 6, beside 4, opposite sides 2Full study and all 27 verses →
Genesis 6:16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
Exodus 25:32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand — three on one side and three on the other.
- כָּתֵף kâthêphshoulder, shoulder-blade, sidetranslated this way 18 times of its 62 uses · Strong’s H3802Noun · Translated: side 17, shoulders 9, shoulder 9, shoulder pieces 8Full study and all 55 verses →
Exodus 27:14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
1 Kings 6:8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
- פֹּה pôhhere, hithertranslated this way 15 times of its 64 uses · Strong’s H6311Adverb · Translated: here 37, side 14, today 2, on each 2Full study and all 54 verses →
Ezekiel 40:10 There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.
Ezekiel 40:21 Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- אַיִל ayilramtranslated this way 13 times of its 178 uses · Strong’s H352Noun · Translated: ram 89, rams 59, side pillars 12, like rams 3Full study and all 169 verses →
Ezekiel 40:16 The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Ezekiel 40:21 Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 9 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun · Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27Full study and all 913 verses →
Exodus 26:13 And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
Numbers 22:24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side.
- יָרֵךְ yârêkthigh, loin, side, basetranslated this way 9 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s H3409Noun · Translated: thigh 11, side 9, hip 3, base 3Full study and all 28 verses →
Exodus 32:27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
Leviticus 1:11 He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
- יָם yâmseatranslated this way 7 times of its 378 uses · Strong’s H3220Noun · Translated: sea 254, west 51, seas 20, west side 7Full study and all 327 verses →
Exodus 26:22 Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
Numbers 2:18 On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
- יָמִין yâmînright handtranslated this way 7 times of its 132 uses · Strong’s H3225Noun · Translated: right hand 59, right 47, south 9, south side 4Full study and all 128 verses →
2 Kings 12:9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 4:6 He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
- רוּחַ rûachbreath, wind, spirittranslated this way 7 times of its 368 uses · Strong’s H7307Noun · Translated: spirit 189, wind 83, breath 31, winds 8Full study and all 343 verses →
1 Chronicles 9:24 The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Jeremiah 52:23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
- צָפוֹן tsâphônnorthtranslated this way 6 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H6828Noun · Translated: north 122, northern 12, north side 6, northward 3Full study and all 141 verses →
Numbers 2:25 On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,
Joshua 17:9 From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.
- קָדִים qâdîmEast, east windtranslated this way 6 times of its 68 uses · Strong’s H6921Noun · Translated: east 42, east wind 9, east side 5, eastward 3Full study and all 63 verses →
Ezekiel 40:19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
Ezekiel 40:32 And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
- קִיר qîrwalltranslated this way 5 times of its 64 uses · Strong’s H7023Noun · Translated: wall 39, walls 13, sides 3, side 2Full study and all 55 verses →
Exodus 30:3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
Leviticus 1:15 Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
- אֵצֶל êtselconjunction, proximitytranslated this way 5 times of its 55 uses · Strong’s H681Preposition · Translated: beside 29, near 7, side 5, next 5Full study and all 53 verses →
Leviticus 1:16 And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
1 Samuel 20:41 When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together — though David wept more.
- קֶדֶם qedemfront, east, aforetimetranslated this way 4 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s H6924Noun · Translated: east 35, old 13, eastern 5, east side 4Full study and all 82 verses →
Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Numbers 2:3 On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
- אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 4 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition · Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137Full study and all 3,455 verses →
- מִזְרָח mizrâchplace of sunrise, easttranslated this way 4 times of its 70 uses · Strong’s H4217Noun · Translated: east 46, eastward 6, toward the sunrise 5, east side 4Full study and all 67 verses →
1 Chronicles 4:39 and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
2 Chronicles 5:12 all the Levitical singers — Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives — stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- מֹתֶן môthenwaist, loinstranslated this way 4 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H4975Noun · Translated: waist 12, around his waist 4, side 4, backs 3Full study and all 37 verses →
Nehemiah 4:18 And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
Ezekiel 9:2 And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
- מְזוּזָה mezûzâhdoor-post, gate-posttranslated this way 3 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H4201Noun · Translated: doorposts 7, doorpost 3, sides of the doorframe 2, gateposts 2Full study and all 16 verses →
Exodus 12:7 They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Exodus 12:22 Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
- תֵּימָן têmânsouth, south windtranslated this way 2 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H8486Noun · Translated: south 9, south side 2, south wind 2, southward 1Full study and all 16 verses →
Numbers 2:10 On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,
Numbers 10:6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
- אִישׁ îshmantranslated this way 2 times of its 1,399 uses · Strong’s H376Noun · Translated: man 650, men 198, one 79, each 79Full study and all 1,278 verses →
- עַל alheighttranslated this way 2 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition · Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
- סָבַב sâbabturn about, go around, surroundtranslated this way 2 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H5437Verb · Translated: turned 16, surrounded 13, surround 10, turn 8Full study and all 144 verses →
1 Kings 5:3 “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
Psalm 118:11 They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Greek words (New Testament)
- πέραν péranover, beyondtranslated this way 12 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G4008Preposition · Translated: other side 12, beyond 7, across 3, region beyond 1Full study and all 23 verses →
Matthew 8:18 When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
Mark 4:35 When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
- πλευρά pleuráthe side of the bodytranslated this way 5 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G4125Noun · Translated: side 5Full study and all 5 verses →
John 19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
- κόλπος kólposbosom, bosom of a garment, a bay, gulftranslated this way 4 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G2859Noun · Translated: side 4, lap 1, bay 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Luke 16:22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- δεξιός dexióson the right hand, right hand, righttranslated this way 2 times of its 54 uses · Strong’s G1188Adjective · Translated: right hand 32, right 20, right side 2Full study and all 54 verses →
Mark 16:5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
Luke 1:11 Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
- ἀντιπαρέρχομαι antiparérchomaiI pass oppositetranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G492Verb · Translated: passed by on the other side 2Full study and all 2 verses →
Luke 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:32 So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- ἐντεῦθεν enteûthenhence, from this place, on this side and on thattranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G1782Adverb · Translated: from here 2, side 2, place 1, out of here 1Full study and all 8 verses →
John 19:18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
Revelation 22:2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.