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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), (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.; 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. 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; 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, 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 177 times in 168 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 4 (Luk 4:40–Act 9:17)

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When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to him. As he laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 -

Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean,” and immediately the leprosy left him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:1 -

On a Sabbath, he passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:6 -

On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:8 -

But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.”[fn] So he got up and stood there.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:10 -

After looking around at them all, he told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 -

So he[fn] took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:44 -

“Let these words sink in:[fn] The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 -

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:13 -

Then he laid his hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:22 -

“But the father told his servants, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 -

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 -

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:21 -

“But look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 -

“Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour ​— ​and the dominion of darkness.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:46 -

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit. Saying this, he breathed his last.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7 -

“saying, ‘It is necessary that the Son of Man be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:39 -

“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:40 -

Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

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Then he led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:35 -

The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:30 -

Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:44 -

Some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 -

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 -

“My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:39 -

Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 -

The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:3 -

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, that he had come from God, and that he was going back to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:9 -

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:20 -

Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:25 -

So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord! ”

But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:27 -

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:18 -

“Truly I tell you, when you were younger, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 -

“Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used[fn] lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:7 -

Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.

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So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day since it was already evening.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:28 -

“to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:30 -

“while you stretch out your hand for healing, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 -

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18 -

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 -

They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:25 -

“He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 -

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? ​— ​this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:41 -

“They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:50 -

“Did not my hand make all these things?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:17 -

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 -

When Simon saw that the Spirit[fn] was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:19 -

saying, “Give me this power also so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:12 -

“In a vision[fn] he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so that he may regain his sight.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 -

Ananias went and entered the house. He placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”


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