Exodus 25:14
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh · yer-ay-kaw'
19 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Strong's KJV usage: border, coast, part, quarter, side.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 26:22Strong's last: Jonah 1:5
Open full H3411 profile →צַד
tsad · tsad
9 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
a side; figuratively, an adversary
Strong's KJV usage: (be-) side.
Strong's first: Exodus 25:32Strong's last: Isaiah 66:12
Open full H6654 profile →כָּתֵף
kâthêph · kaw-thafe'
4 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
Strong's KJV usage: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 28:27Strong's last: Ezekiel 41:26
Open full H3802 profile →צֵלָע
tsêlâʻ · tsay-law'
4 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
Strong's KJV usage: beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
Strong's first: Exodus 25:14Strong's last: Exodus 38:7
Open full H6763 profile →עֵבֶר
ʻêber · ay'-ber
3 times translated as this KJV form90 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
Strong's KJV usage: × against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
Strong's first: Exodus 32:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 49:32
Open full H5676 profile →רֶבַע
rebaʻ · reh'-bah
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a fourth (part or side)
Strong's KJV usage: fourth part, side, square.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 1:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 10:11
Open full H7253 profile →קִיר
qîyr · keer
2 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences
a wall (as built in a trench)
Strong's KJV usage: mason, side, town, × very, wall.
Strong's first: Exodus 30:3Strong's last: Exodus 37:26
Open full H7023 profile →עֶבֶד
ʻebed · eh'-bed
1 times translated as this KJV form797 total Strong's occurrences
a servant
Strong's KJV usage: × bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 4:24Strong's last: 1 Kings 4:24
Open full H5650 profile →פֵּאָה
pêʼâh · pay-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form86 total Strong's occurrences
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Strong's KJV usage: corner, end, quarter, side.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 48:1Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:1
Open full H6285 profile →רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form377 total Strong's occurrences
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Strong's KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Strong's first: Ezekiel 42:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 42:20
Open full H7307 profile →רִקְמָה
riqmâh · rik-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
variegation of color; specifically, embroidery
Strong's KJV usage: broidered (work), divers colours, (raiment of) needlework (on both sides).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 5:30Strong's last: Judges 5:30
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H7253
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
H7253
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
H7253
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
H3411
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
H3802
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
H3802
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
H7307
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
H3411
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
H6285
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
English meaning and historical usage.
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side
SIDE, noun [Latin latus.]
1. The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the end, which is of less extent and many be a point; as the side of a plank; the side of a chest; the side of a house or of a ship. One side of a lens may be concave, the other convex. side is distinguished from edge; as the side of a knife or sword.
2. Margin; edge; verge; border; the exterior line of any thing, considered in length; as the side of a tract of land or a field, as distinct from the end. Hence we say, the side of a river; the side of a road; the east and west side of the American continent.
3. The part of an animal between the back and the face and belly; the part of which the ribs are situated; as the right side; the left side This is quadrupeds is usually the broadest part.
4. The part between the top and bottom; the slope, declivity or ascent, as of a hill or mountain; as the side of mount Etna.
5. One part of a thing, or its superficies; as the side of a ball or sphere.
6. Any part considered in respect to its direction or point of compass; as to whichever side we direct our view. We see difficulties on every side
7. Party; faction; sect; any man or body of men considered as in opposition to another. One man enlists on the side of the tories; another on the side of the whigs. Some persons change sides for the sake of popularity and office, and sink themselves in public estimation. And sets the passions on the side of truth.
8. Interest; favor. The Lord is on my side Psalms 118:6
9. Any part being in opposition or contradistinction to another; In the battle, the slaughter was great on both sides. Passion invites on one side; reason restrains on the other. Open justice bends on neither side
10. Branch or a family; separate line of descent; as, by the father's side he is descended from a noble family; by the mother's side his birth is respectable.
11. Quarter; region; part; as from one side of heaven to the other. To take sides, to embrace the opinions of attach one's self to the interest of a party when in opposition to another. To choose side to select parties for competition in exercises of any kind.
SIDE, adjective
1. Lateral; as a side post; but perhaps it would be better to consider the word as compound.
2. Being on the side or toward the side; oblique; indirect. The law hath no side respect to their persons. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. So we say, a side view, a side blow.
3. Long; large; extensive.
SIDE, verb intransitive [Little used.]
1. To lean on one side
2. To embrace the opinions of one party or engage in its interest, when opposed to another party; as, to side with the ministerial party. All side in parties and begin th' attack.
SIDE, verb transitive
1. To stand at the side of. [Not in use.]
2. To suit; to pair. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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