Definition

the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south

Etymology

from H3231 (יָמַן);

Word family

• יָמַן yâman

How the KJV renders it

• left-handed
• right (hand
• side)
• south

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.