ʼiṭṭêr — H334

Definition

adjective

shut up, i.e. impeded (as to the use of the right hand)

1. bound, impeded (on the right, ie, left-handed), shut, shut up

Usually translated as

left-handed

Origin

from H332

• Derived from ʼâṭar (H332)

Occurrences

ʼiṭṭêr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2)

• Judges 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded (אִטֵּ֖ר): and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
• Judges 20:16 — Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded (אִטֵּ֖ר); every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.