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

Acts 28:8 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him and healed him.
Acts 28:17 And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of the Romans.
Romans 10:21 But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) to a disobedient and argumentative people.”
1 Corinthians 4:12 We labor, working with our own hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem). When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
1 Corinthians 12:15 If the foot should say, “Since I am not a hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem), I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem), “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
1 Corinthians 16:21 This greeting is in my own hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem), Paul.
2 Corinthians 11:33 but I was lowered in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem).
Galatians 3:19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom the promise had been made. It was established through angels by a mediator (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem).
Galatians 6:11 See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand! (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem)
Ephesians 4:28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him work hard, doing good with his own hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem), so that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem). Paul, Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 Make it your aim to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own affairs, and to work with your own hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem), as we commanded you.
2 Thessalonians 3:17 The greeting is with my own hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem) — Paul’s — which is a mark of genuineness in every letter; so I write.
1 Timothy 2:8 I desire, then, that the men should pray in every place by lifting up holy hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), without anger and arguing.
1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem) of the body of elders.
1 Timothy 5:22 Do not lay hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on anyone quickly or share in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
2 Timothy 1:6 For which reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem),
Philemon 1:19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem) — I will pay it back. I could also mention that you owe me your very self!
Hebrews 1:10 And, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem).
Hebrews 6:2 instruction about cleansing rites and laying on of hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem), the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem) to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I abandoned them, says the Lord.
Hebrews 10:31 It is terrifying to fall into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of the living God.
Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen your drooping hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and weakened knees
James 4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.