εὐώνυμος
euṓnymos
“properly, well-named (good-omened), i.e. the left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverbial, at the left hand”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
properly, well-named (good-omened), i.e. the left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverbial, at the left hand
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
of good name or omen; used also as an euphemism by the Greeks instead of ἀριστερός, which was a word of bad import, as all omens on the left denoted misfortune; the left, Mt. 20:21, 23; 25:33, 41
Translated in KJV as
(on the) left
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