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.

We labor, working with our own hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem). When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

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.”

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.

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.

When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), they said to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”

When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened onto his hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem).

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) and began to make his defense:

The commanding officer took him by the hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), drew him aside and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem) to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying: