Vocabulary Form
χείρ, χειρός, ἡ
Definition

hand, arm, finger

Erasmian
Modern
Root
χειρ
Frequency
177
GK
5931
Cognates

Chirography is writing.

A chiromancer is a palmist, a palm reader.

Mnemonic Singing

He hideth my life in the depths of His love,
and covers me there with His hand,
and covers me there with His hand.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Luke 4:40 As the sun was going down, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him. Placing his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on each one of them, he healed them.
Luke 5:13 And Jesus stretched out his hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) and touched him, saying, “I am willing; become clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Luke 6:1 One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through grainfields, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem), and eat them.
Luke 6:6 It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) was withered.
Luke 6:8 But he knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), “Get up and stand here in front.” So he got up and came forward.
Luke 6:10 After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) He did it, and his hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) was restored.
Luke 8:54 But taking her by the hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), he called out, “Child, arise!”
Luke 9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of men.”
Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 13:13 He placed his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on her, and immediately she was made erect again and began to praise God.
Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for his finger (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), and sandals for his feet.
Luke 20:19 The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them, but they feared the people.
Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
Luke 22:21 “But see, the hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) of the one who will betray me is with me on the table.
Luke 22:53 Day after day, when I was in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) against me. But this is your hour, and the hour for the power of darkness.
Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
Luke 24:7 saying that it was necessary for the Son of Man to be delivered into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of sinful men and to be crucified and on the third day to rise again.”
Luke 24:39 Look at my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
Luke 24:40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and his feet.
Luke 24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) he blessed them.
John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem).
John 7:30 So they were anxious to arrest him, but no one laid a hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) on him, because his hour had not yet come.
John 7:44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him.
John 10:28 and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one will ever snatch them out of my hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem).
John 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is more powerful than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem).