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

John 10:39 So once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped out of their grasp (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem).
John 11:44 The dead man came out, his feet and his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him, and let him go.”
John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
John 13:9 Simon Peter exclaimed, “Lord, then wash not only my feet but also my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and my head!”
John 20:20 Having said this, he showed them his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and his side. Then the disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord.
John 20:25 So the other disciples kept saying to him, “We have seen the Master!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem) the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the wound left by the nails, and put my hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) into his side, I will never believe!”
John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and examine my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem); and reach out your hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), and put it into my side. Do not continue in unbelief, but believe.”
John 21:18 I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you used to fasten on your clothes and go wherever you wanted, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), and someone else will fasten on your clothes and take you where you do not want to go.”
Acts 2:23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you, at the hands (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem) of those outside the law, executed by nailing him to a cross;
Acts 3:7 Then taking him by the right hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), Peter raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong;
Acts 4:3 So they laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
Acts 4:28 to do whatever your hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) and your plan had predetermined to be.
Acts 4:30 while you stretch out your hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
Acts 5:12 By the hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem) of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.
Acts 5:18 and they laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on the apostles and put them in the public jail.
Acts 6:6 These they set before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them.
Acts 7:25 He thought that his brothers would understand that God, by his hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), was granting them deliverance; but they did not understand.
Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — this man God sent both as ruler and redeemer by the hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem) of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol and began rejoicing in the works of their hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem).
Acts 7:50 Did not my hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) make all these things?’
Acts 8:17 Then Peter and John laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:18 But when Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem) of the apostles that the Spirit was given, he offered them money,
Acts 8:19 saying, “Give me also this power, that anyone on whom I lay hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 9:12 and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him so that he might regain his sight.”
Acts 9:17 So Ananias went entered the house; he placed his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”