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Lexicon :: Strong's G5495 - cheir

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χείρ
Transliteration
cheir (Key)
Pronunciation
khire
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from the base of χειμών (G5494) in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (G5490) (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:424,1309

Strong’s Definitions

χείρ cheír, khire; perhaps from the base of G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):—hand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 179x

The KJV translates Strong's G5495 in the following manner: hand (178x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 179x
The KJV translates Strong's G5495 in the following manner: hand (178x), not translated (1x).

  1. by the help or agency of any one, by means of any one

  2. fig. applied to God symbolising his might, activity, power

    1. in creating the universe

    2. in upholding and preserving (God is present protecting and aiding one)

    3. in punishing

    4. in determining and controlling the destinies of men

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χείρ cheír, khire; perhaps from the base of G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):—hand.
STRONGS G5495:
χείρ, genitive χειρός, accusative χειραν (1 Peter 5:6 Tdf.; see ἄρσην, at the end), ἡ (from the root meaning 'to lay hold of'; cf. Latin heres, etc.; Curtius, § 189; Vanicek, p. 249f), from Homer down, Hebrew יַד, the hand: Matthew 3:12; Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6; 1 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 12:12, and often; the genitive with the verbs ά῾πτομαι, ἐπιλαμβάνομαι, κρατέω, πιάζω, etc., which see in their places; the dative with ἐργάζομαι, ἐσθίω, etc.; ὁ ἀσπασμός τῇ ἐμή χειρί, 1 Corinthians 16:21; Colossians 4:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:17; the accusative with the verbs αἴρω, δέω, ἐκπετάννυμι, ἐκτείνω, ἐμβάπτω, ἐπιτίθημι, καθαρίζω, κατασείω, νίπτω, etc. ἡ ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν (see ἐπίθεσις and references), 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6; Hebrews 6:2; ἐν χειρί τίνος, in imitation of the Hebrew פ בְּיַד (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 20 cf. 319f (274); Lightfoot on Galatians, 3:19), by the help or agency, of anyone, by means of anyone, Acts 7:35 Rec.; Galatians 3:19; (σύν χειρί ἀγγέλου, with the aid or service of the angel (cf. Buttmann, as above), Acts 7:35 L T Tr WH; those things in the performance of which the hands take the principal part (as e. g. in working miracles), are said to be done διά χειρός or χειρῶν or τῶν (cf. Buttmann, § 124, 8 d.) χειρῶν τίνος, Mark 6:2; Acts 5:12; Acts 14:3; Acts 19:11; universally, Acts 2:23; Acts 7:25; Acts 11:30; Acts 15:23; ἐπί χειρῶν, Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:11; ἐπί τήν χεῖρα, Revelation 14:9; Revelation 20:1 (here Treg. marginal reading ἐν τῇ χειρί), Revelation 20:4; ἐκ, Acts 28:4; Revelation 8:4; εἰς τήν χεῖρα (on his hand), Luke 15:22; ἡ χείρ, as an acting subject (see γλῶσσα, 1), Luke 22:21; plural, Acts 17:25; Acts 20:34; 1 John 1:1; τά ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν, Acts 7:41; Revelation 9:20; ἐκδίκειν τό αἷμα τίνος ἐκ τίνος (see ἐκδικέω, b. and ἐκ I. 7), Revelation 19:2. By metonymy, ἡ χείρ is put for power, activity (for examples from secular authors from Homer down see Passow, under the word, p. 2431b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, p. 1720a)): παραδιδόναι τινα εἰς χεῖρας τινων, into the hostile hands (Deuteronomy 1:27; Job 16:11), Matthew 17:22; Matthew 26:45; Mark 9:31; Luke 9:44; Luke 24:7; Acts 21:11; Acts 28:17; διδόναι τί ἐν τῇ χειρί τίνος, to commit to one's protecting and upholding power, John 3:35; also εἰς τήν χεῖρα τίνος, John 13:3; τινα ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν or ἐκ χειρός τίνος (from the hostile power of anyone) ἀπάγειν, Acts 24:7 Rec.; ἐξελέσθαι, Acts 12:11 (Genesis 32:11; Exodus 18:8f); ἐξέρχεσθαι, John 10:39; ῥυσθῆναι, Luke 1:74; σωτηρία, Luke 1:71; ἐκφεύγειν τάς χεῖρας τίνος, 2 Corinthians 11:33. By a figure use of language χείρ or χεῖρες, are attributed to God, symbolizing his might, activity, power; conspicuous
α. in creating the universe: ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, Hebrews 1:10 (Psalm 101:26 (Ps. 102:26).
β. in upholding and preserving: Luke 23:46; John 10:29 (cf. John 10:28); χείρ κυρίου ἐστι μετά τίνος, God is present, protecting and aiding one, Luke 1:66; Acts 11:21.
γ. in punishing: χείρ κυρίου ἐπί σε, Acts 13:11 (1 Samuel 12:15); ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖρας Θεοῦ ζῶντος, Hebrews 10:31.
δ. in determining and controlling the destinies of men: Acts 4:28; ταπεινοῦσθαι ὑπό τήν κραταιάν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Peter 5:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
32:11
Exodus
18:8
Deuteronomy
1:27
1 Samuel
12:15
Job
16:11
Psalms
102:26
Matthew
3:12; 4:6; 17:22; 26:45
Mark
3:1; 6:2; 9:31
Luke
1:66; 1:71; 1:74; 4:11; 6:6; 9:44; 15:22; 22:21; 23:46; 24:7
John
3:35; 10:28; 10:29; 10:39; 13:3
Acts
2:23; 4:28; 5:12; 7:25; 7:35; 7:35; 7:41; 11:21; 11:30; 12:11; 13:11; 14:3; 15:23; 17:25; 19:11; 20:34; 21:11; 24:7; 28:4; 28:17
1 Corinthians
16:21
2 Corinthians
11:33
Galatians
3:19
Colossians
4:18
2 Thessalonians
3:17
1 Timothy
2:8; 4:14
2 Timothy
1:6
Hebrews
1:10; 6:2; 10:31; 12:12
1 Peter
5:6; 5:6
1 John
1:1
Revelation
8:4; 9:20; 14:9; 19:2; 20:1; 20:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5495 matches the Greek χείρ (cheir),
which occurs 1,585 times in 1,416 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And [fn]God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live for ever—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your [fn]power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10 - And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot in to them into the house, and shut the door of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraam took the wood of the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the [fn]knife, and the two went together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me; and she said, I am daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him; and I put on her the ear-rings, and the bracelets on her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - (LXX 32:12) Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - (LXX 32:17) And he gave them to his servants each drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and [fn]destroyed them to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not [fn]kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay your hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give thee? and she said, Thy ring, and thy [fn]bracelet, and the staff in thy hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of Pharao, the [fn]captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ismaelites, who brought him down thither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:3 - And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatsoever he happens to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he would not; but said to his master's wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13 - And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22 - And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners [fn]as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.

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