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Strong's G4125 πλευρά (pleura)

Pleura means “side” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4125 — moabi in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4125
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 14

Strong's G4125 Quick Answer

Strong's G4125 πλευρά (pleura) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pleura (plyoo-rah') n. 1. a rib 2. (by extension) side It has 33 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include side. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pleura (plyoo-rah') n. 1. a rib 2. (by extension) side
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
side

Meaning and Definition

pleura (plyoo-rah') n. 1. a rib 2. (by extension) side [of uncertain affinity] KJV: side

Original Word
πλευρά
Transliteration
pleura
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4125. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

side

Usage: πλευρά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX (frequently pl. as in Hom.) chiefly for צֵלָע ;] the side: Mat.27:49 ([[WH]] R, mg.), Jhn.19:34 20:20, 25 20:27 Act.12:7.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4125 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pleura, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

side John 19:34

How Strong's G4125 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4125 (πλευρά) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4125 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4125 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 19:34 KJV

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

John 20:20 KJV

And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.

John 20:25 KJV

The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Strong's G4125 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.

Genesis 2:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

Exodus 27:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings; and let the staffs be on the sides of the altar to carry it.

Strong's G4125 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 6:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, when I return.

4 Maccabees 6:6 Septuagint / Brenton

But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.

4 Maccabees 18:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the righteous mother of the seven children spoke also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father’s house; but I took care of the built-up rib.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4125.

Genesis 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.
Genesis 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
Exodus 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings; and let the staffs be on the sides of the altar to carry it.
Numbers 33:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not destroy the dwellers in the land from before you, then it shall come to pass that whomsoever of them ye shall leave shall be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and they shall be enemies to you on the land on which ye shall dwell;
2 Kingdoms 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they seized every one the head of his neighbor with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbor, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gibeon.
2 Kingdoms 13:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom escaped: and the young man the watchman lifted up his eyes, and looked; and, behold, much people went in the way behind him from the side of the mountain in the descent: and the watchman came and told the king, and said, I have seen men by the way of Horonaim, by the side of the mountain.
2 Kingdoms 16:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David and all the men with him went on the way: and Shimei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones at him, and sprinkling him with dirt.
2 Kingdoms 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulcher of Kish his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to the prayers of the land.
3 Kingdoms 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
3 Kingdoms 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.
3 Kingdoms 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was below the right wing of the house, and there was a winding ascent into the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third story.
3 Kingdoms 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
3 Kingdoms 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width.
3 Kingdoms 7:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars was each row forty and five,
3 Kingdoms 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.
Job 40:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His sides are sides of brass; And his backbone is as cast iron.
Proverbs 22:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They will take the bed that is under thee.
Isaiah 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall have his loins girded with righteousness, and his sides clothed with truth.
Ezekiel 34:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick.
Ezekiel 41:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of each side, four cubits round about.
Ezekiel 41:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the breadth of the upper side was made according to the projection out of the wall, against the upper one round about the house, that it might be enlarged above, and that men might go up to the upper chambers from those below, and from the groundsills to the third story.
Ezekiel 41:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the height of the house round about, each space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits;
Ezekiel 41:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the breadth of the wall of each side without was five cubits; and the spaces that were left between the sides of the house,
John 19:34 New Testament, KJV
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
John 20:20 New Testament, KJV
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
John 20:25 New Testament, KJV
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
John 20:27 New Testament, KJV
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Acts 12:7 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Judith 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, when I return.
4 Maccabees 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
4 Maccabees 18:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the righteous mother of the seven children spoke also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father’s house; but I took care of the built-up rib.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beat his sides while he is still young, Lest becoming stubborn, he disobey thee.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And of merchants’ indifferent selling; Of much correction of children; And to make the side of an evil servant to bleed.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4125, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 4 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4125 FAQ

What does pleura (πλευρά) mean?

Pleura (Strong's G4125) is a Greek word most simply glossed "side". pleura (plyoo-rah') n. 1. a rib 2. (by extension) side

How many times is pleura (πλευρά) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G4125 across 14 books.

Where can I study pleura (πλευρά) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4125 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate pleura (πλευρά)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as side. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4125 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4125, with linked reader references where each row is available.