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    Dexter

    DEK-ster

    Meaning

    Right-handed; Skillful; Dexterous

    Latin origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Dexter is God's right hand exalted — valiant power, everlasting pleasures, the skillful might that lifts the lowly.

    Verses · King James Version

    “The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.”

    Psalm 118:16

    “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”

    Psalm 16:11

    Most used in the 1960s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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