HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H334
אִטֵּר
it.ter — lefthanded
bound, impeded (on the right, ie, left-handed), shut, shut up
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Left-handed
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Judg. 3:15; 20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one who uses the left as well as the right, ambidexter. Such a condition of the hands is due to physical causes. This quality was common apparently in the tribe of Benjamin.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.