关于圣经里的“右手”(right hand),我找到的资料是这么说的。
希腊文和中文一样,DEXIOS(右)就是“右边”,而不是“右手”“右手边”。CHEIR (kheir, Strongs #5495) 是“手”。新约DEXIOS(右)出现52次,全部没有和“手”联用,因此只是“右边”“右侧”的意思。
希伯来文和希腊文和中文一样,yamin(右)就是“右边”,而不是“右手”或“右手边”。“手”或“手臂”是yad。
这不等于圣经没有使用“右手”(right hand)这个组合,旧约出现了几百次“右+手”。
简单说,如果经文是描述动作,就是“右+手”,有“右”有“手”;否则如果只是表示方位,一般“右手”都是“右”“右边”。
但我认为,根据圣经经文,“右”应该与公义、尊贵、好、正面相应,而“左”有相反的负面意思。我不知道是实际就是这样,还是作为象征,个人倾向于字面理解。比如:
Ex 15:6 [hgb] 耶和华阿、你的右手施展能力、显出荣耀.耶和华阿、你的右手摔碎仇敌。
[kjv] Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Psalm 16:8 [hgb] 我将耶和华常摆在我面前.因他在我右边、我便不至摇动。
[kjv] I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalm 77:10 [hgb] 我便说、这是我的懦弱.但我要追念至高者显出右手之年代。
[kjv] And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Eccl 10:2 [hgb] 智慧人的心居右.愚昧人的心居左。
[kjv] A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Isa 48:13 [hgb] 我手立了地的根基、我右手铺张诸天、我一招呼便都立住。
[kjv] Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Acts 2:32 [hgb] 这耶稣、 神已经叫他复活了、我们都为这事作见证。
[kjv] This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
2:33 [hgb] 他既被 神的右手高举、〔或作他既高举在 神的右边〕又从父受了所应许的圣灵、就把你们所看见所听见的、浇灌下来。
[kjv] Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
2:34 [hgb] 大卫并没有升到天上、但自己说、『主对我主说、你坐在我的右边、
[kjv] For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
2:35 [hgb] 等我使你仇敌作你的脚凳。』
[kjv] Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2:36 [hgb] 故此、以色列全家当确实的知道、你们钉在十字架上的这位耶稣、 神已经立他为主为基督了。
[kjv] Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Acts 7:55 [hgb] 但司提反被圣灵充满、定睛望天、看见 神的荣耀、又看见耶稣站在 神的右边.
[kjv] But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
7:56 [hgb] 就说、我看见天开了、人子站在 神的右边。
[kjv] And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Revelation 5:1 [hgb] 我看见坐宝座的右手中有书卷、里外都写着字、用七印封严了。
[kjv] And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Matthew 25:41 [hgb] 王又要向那左边的说、你们这被咒诅的人、离开我、进入那为魔鬼和他的使者所预备的永火里去。
[kjv] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
The Right Hand of God by MW Bassett
http://www.altupc.com/articles/rh.htm