LEFT-HANDED (16WhInd'ed), (Heb.
13;15, liter yod yemin, shut, as to his right hand, Judg. iii:t5; xx :16). denotes one who is unable skillfully to use his right hand, and also, perhaps, one who is ambidexter, e., who can use both hands equally well, although this latter meaning is a doubtful one. (See HAND.) LEG, the limb of the body by which men and other animals walk. Several Hebrew words in the A. V. are translated by the term leg: 1. Kaw-raw' (Heb. :67.,1), the lower limb, the shank (Exod. xii:o; xxix:17; Lev. i:o, t3; iv:t t, etc.) 2. Shake (Heb. rt), the shin, but used of the whole limb, e. g., of a person (Dent. xxviii:35; Ps. cxlvii:to; Prov. xxvi:7). It is also used of the "thigh" (Is. xlvii:2) in the phrase "hip and thigh" (Judg. xv:8).
3. Reh'gel (Heb. properly the foot, I Sam.
4. Improperly for show'bel (Heb. the train or trailing dress of a woman, Is. xlvii:2), and of tseh-aw-claw' (Heb. r1":1-, an ornamental chain for the ankle).
The bones of the legs of persons crucified were broken to hasten death (John xix:31). (Mc. Str.
Bib. Cyc.) (See CRUCIFIXION.) FiguratiVe. (i) Men's "legs" are taken for their strength (Ps. cxlvii :To), and are called "strong VI C 72 ," who bow themselves on becoming feeble in old age (Eccl. xii :3). (2) The "iron legs" of Nebuchadnezzar's image, and its feet and toes, partly of iron and clay, not rightly coalesc ing together, perhaps represented the strong Ro man empire, with two consuls at its head; and, after many ages, divided into the eastern and western empires, and which at last was mingled with Goths, Huns, and Vandals, • but did not rightly incorporate with them, nor -retain its strength, after they had well begun their inva sions; and which was divided at last into ten kingdoms (Dan. ii :33). (See DANIEL.) (3) A parable in the mouth of fools, is like the "un equal legs of tlze lame" (Prov. xxvi :7).