aristeros identifies the left-side position, contrasted with the right in scenes of seating, crucifixion, giving, and equipment.

The attested use identifies a left-side position in contrast to the right: beside another seated person, a crucified criminal, a hand, or weapons described as being on both sides.

1. Left-side position contrasted with the right · dominant

   The genitive plural neuter form occurs in paired right-and-left expressions: in Mark 10:37 the APB renders a request for one person to sit at the right and one at the left, and in Luke 23:33 it renders the criminals as one on each side. The same contrast appears with weapons in 2 Corinthians 6:7; Matthew 6:3 uses the nominative singular feminine form in the clause about the left hand and the right hand.

   Mark 10:37Luke 23:332 Corinthians 6:7Matthew 6:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “left” in right-and-left contrasts, including seating, crucifixion, weapons, and hands. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall directional contrast rather than isolate every grammatical contribution.