Side

King James Dictionary

SIDE, n. L. latus.

1. The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the end, which is of less extent and many be a point as the side of a plank the side of a chest the side of a house or of a ship. One side of a lens may be concave, the other convex. Side is distinguished from edge as the side of a knife or sword. 2. Margin edge verge border the exterior line of any thing, considered in length as the side of a tract of land or a field, as distinct from the end. Hence we say, the side of a river the side of a road the east and west side of the American continent. 3. The part of an animal between the back and the face and belly the part of which the ribs are situated as the right side the left side. This is quadrupeds is usually the broadest part. 4. The part between the top and bottom the slope, declivity or ascent, as of a hill or mountain as the side of mount Etna. 5. One part of a thing, or its superficies as the side of a ball or sphere. 6. Any part considered in respect to its direction or point of compass as to whichever side we direct our view. We see difficulties on every side. 7. Party faction sect any man or body of men considered as in opposition to another. One man enlists on the side of the tories another on the side of the whigs. Some persons change sides for the sake of popularity and office, and sink themselves in public estimation. And sets the passions on the side of truth. 8. Interest favor. The Lord is on my side. Ps.  118 9. Any part being in opposition or contradistinction to another In the battle, the slaughter was great on both sides. Passion invites on one side reason restrains on the other. Open justice bends on neither side. 10. Branch or a family separate line of descent as,by the father's side he is descended from a noble family by the mother's side his birth is respectable. 11. Quarter region part as from one side of heaven to the other. To take sides, to embrace the opinions of attach one's self to the interest of a party when in opposition to another. To choose side, to select parties for competition in exercises of any kind.

SIDE, a.

1. Lateral as a side post but perhaps it would be better to consider the word as compound. 2. Being on the side, or toward the side oblique indirect. The law hath no side respect to their persons. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. So we say, a side view, a side blow. 3. Long large extensive.

SIDE, 5 1 Little used.

1. To lean on one side. 2. To embrace the opinions of one party or engage in its interest, when opposed to another party as, to side with the ministerial party. All side in parties and begin th' attack.

SIDE, 5 t.

1. To stand at the side of. Not in use. 2. To suit to pair. Not in use.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) Long; large; extensive.

(2): ( n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

(3): ( n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

(4): ( v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

(5): ( v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

(6): ( v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

(7): ( n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

(8): ( n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

(9): ( n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

(10): ( n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.

(11): ( v. i.) To lean on one side.

(12): ( n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

(13): ( n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

(14): ( a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

(15): ( a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

(16): ( v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

(17): ( v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

A — 1: Πλευρά (Strong'S #4125 — Noun Feminine — pleura — plyoo-rah' )

"a side" (cp. Eng., "pleurisy"), is used of the "side" of Christ, into which the spear was thrust,  John 19:34;  20:20,25,27 (some mss. have it in   Matthew 27:49; see RV marg.); elsewhere, in  Acts 12:7 .

B — 1: Πέραν (Strong'S #4008 — Adverb — peran — per'-an )

an adverb, signifying "beyond, on the other side," is used (a) as a preposition and translated " on the other side of," e.g., in  Mark 5:1;  Luke 8:22;  John 6:1 , RV; 6:22,25; (b) as a noun with the article, e.g.,  Matthew 8:18,28;  14:22;  16:5 . See Beyond , No. 2.

 Luke 9:47EitherEverywhere

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Numbers 33:55 (b) The heart is located in the side of the breast, and the Lord was warning Israel that if they permitted the enemy to remain in the land, then these enemies would strike at their very lives, and wreck their existence. He promised them only trouble from the wicked men of the evil nations if they were not destroyed. (See  Joshua 23:13;  Judges 2:3).

 Daniel 7:5 (b) The Medio-Persian empire is described as a bear. One side of the bear is the Kingdom of the Medes, and the other side is the Kingdom of the Persians. These two kingdoms were united against Babylon, but the side of the Medes was uppermost. represented by their King Darius.

 Ezekiel 1:17 (b) In this peculiar expression, the Lord is informing us that the Lord Jesus Christ who is represented by the four animals, and the Holy Spirit, who is represented by the eyes, would influence and affect every part of the earth. The Lord uses the expression "the four sides" and the expression "the four corners" to represent north, south, east and west. No part of the earth would be free from the influence of the Son of GOD, and the Spirit of GOD. (See  Ezekiel 10:11).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SIDE , a Greek colony, was situated on the coast of Pamphylia, on a low promontory about 10 miles E. of the river Eurymedon. It had two harbours and was well fortified. The remains are extensive and interesting ( Eski Adalia ). It was one of the cities addressed on behalf of the Jews by the Romans in b.c. 139 ( 1Ma 15:23 ).

A. Souter.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Si'de. A city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon. It is mentioned in  1 Maccabees 15:23, and was a colony of Cumaeans.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Σίδη , 'Vulg. Side), a city on the coast of Pamphylia, in lat. 36 ° 46', long. 31 ° 27', ten or twelve miles to the east of the river Eurymedon. It is mentioned in  1 Maccabees 15:23 among the list of places to which the Roman .senate sent letters in favor of the Jews. (See Phaselis).

It was a colony of Cumseans. In the time of Strabo a temple of Athene stood there, and the name of that goddess associated with Apollo appears in an inscription of undoubtedly late times found on the spot by Admiral Beaufort. It is now called Eshky Adalia. Side was closely connected with Aradus in Phoenicia by commerce, even if there was not a considerable Phoenician element in the population; for not only are the towns placed in juxtaposition in the passage of the Maccabees quoted above, but Antiochus's ambassador to the Achaean league (Livy, 35:48), when boasting of his master's navy, told his hearers that the left division was made up of men of Side and of Aradus, as the right was of those of Tyre and of Sidon, "quas gentes nullme unquam nec arte nec virtute navali equassent." It is possible that the name has the same root as that of Sidon, and that it (as well as the Side on the southern. coast of the Euxine [Strabo, 12:3]) was originally a Phoenician settlement, and that the Cumsean colony was something subsequent. In the times in which Side appears in history it had become a place of considerable importance. It was the station of Antiochus's navy on the eve of the battle with the Rhodiac fleet described by Livy (xxxvii, 23, 24). The remains, too, which still exist are an evidence of its former wealth. They stand on a low peninsula running from north-east to south-west, and the maritime character of the former inhabitants appears from the circumstance that the walls towards the sea were but slightly built, while the one which faces the land is of excellent workmanship, and remains, in a considerable portion, perfect even to this time. A theatre (belonging apparently to the Roman times) is one of the largest and best preserved in Asia Minor, and is calculated to have been capable of containing more than 15,000 spectators. This is so prominent an object that, to persons approaching the shore, it appears like an acropolis of the city, and, in fact, during the Middle Ages, was actually occupied as a fort. The suburbs of Side extend to some distance, but the greatest length within the walls does not exceed 1300 yards. Three gates led into the town from the sea, and one, on the north-eastern side, into the country. From this last a paved street with high curbstones conducts to an agora, 180 feet in diameter, and formerly surrounded with a double row of columns, of which only the bases remain. In the centre is a large ruined pedestal, as if for a colossal statue, and on the southern side the ruins of a temple, probably the one spoken of by Strabo. Opposite to this a street ran to the principal water- gate, and on the fourth side of the agora the avenue from the -land-gate was continued to the front of the theatre. Of this last the lower half is, after the manner of Roman architects whenever the site permitted, excavated from the native rock, the upper half built amp of excellent masonry. The seats for the spectators, most of which remain, are of white marble, beautifully wrought.

The two principal harbors, which at first seem. to have been united in one, were at the extremity of the peninsula: they were closed, and together contained .a surface of nearly 500 yards by 200. Besides these, the principal water-gate on the north-west side was connected with two small piers 150 feet long, so that it is plain that vessels used to lie here to discharge their cargoes. The account which Livy gives of the sea-fight with Antiochus, above referred to, also shows that shelter could also be found on the other (or south-east) side of the peninsula whenever a strong west wind was blowing.

The country by which Side is backed is a broad swampy plain, stretching out for some miles beyond the belt of sand-hills which fringe the sea-shore. Low hills succeed, and-behind these, far inland, are the mountains which, at Mount Climax, forty miles to the west, and again about the same distance to the east. come down to the coast. These mountains were the habitation of the Pisidians, against whom Antiochus, in the spring of B.C. 192, made an expedition, and as, Side was in the interest of Antiochus until, at the conclusion of the war, it passed into the hands of the Romans, it is reasonable to presume that hostility was the normal relation between its inhabitants and the highlanders, to whom they were probably objects of the same jealousy that the Spanish settlements on the African seaboard inspire in the Kabyles round about them. This would not prevent a large amount of traffic, to the mutual interest of both parties, but would hinder the people of Side from extending their sway into the interior, and also render the construction of effective fortifications on the land side a necessity. (Strabo, 12, 14; Livy, 35, 37; Cicero, Epp. ad Farm. iii, 6.) - Smith. See Fellows, Asia Minor, p. 201; Leake, Asia Minor, p. 195; Beaufort Karamania, p. 146 sq.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sı̄´dē ( Σίδη , Sı́dē ): An ancient town of Pamphylia, occupying a triangular promontory on the coast. It was one of the towns to which a letter favorable to the Jews was sent by the Roman consul Lucius (  1 Maccabees 15:23 ). The town seems to have been of considerable antiquity, for it had existed long before it fell into the possession of Alexander the Great, and for a time it was the metropolis of Pamphylia. Off the coast the fleet of Antiochus was defeated by the Rhodians. During the 1st century, Side was noted as one of the chief ports of pirates who disposed of much of their booty there. The ruins of the city, which are now very extensive, bear the name Eski Adalia , but among them there are no occupied houses. The two harbors protected by a sea wall may still be traced, but they are now filled with sand. The wall on the land side of the city was provided with a gate which was protected with round towers; the walls themselves are of Greek-Roman type. Within the walls the more important of the remains are three theaters near the harbors, and streets with covered porticoes leading from the city gate to the harbors. Without the walls, the street leading to the city gate is lined with sarcophagi, and among the shrubbery of the neighboring fields are traces of many buildings and of an aqueduct.