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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 57 times in 56 verses in 'Job' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Job 1:10–Job 31:35)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:11 - But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:5 - But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”[fn] In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 - Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 - He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15 - But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:4 - If your children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the faces of its judges—
if it is not he, who then is it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - If I wash myself with snow
and cleanse my hands with lye,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:7 - although you know that I am not guilty,
and there is none to deliver out of your hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:13 - “If you prepare your heart,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the LORD has done this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:14 - Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and put my life in my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not dread of you terrify me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:15 - You would call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:25 - Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:11 - God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - although there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:3 - “Lay down a pledge for me with you;
who is there who will put up security for me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 - Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 - Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has touched me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:10 - His children will seek the favor of the poor,
and his hands will give back his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike him through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:5 - Look at me and be appalled,
and lay your hand over your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 - He delivers even the one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “Today also my complaint is bitter;[fn]
my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11 - I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - It[fn] hurls at him without pity;
he flees from its[fn] power in headlong flight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:23 - It claps its hands at him
and hisses at him from its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - my glory fresh with me,
and my bow ever new in my hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2 - What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
men whose vigor is gone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:21 - You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - if my step has turned aside from the way
and my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any spot has stuck to my hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
because I saw my help in the gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:25 - if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because my hand had found much,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!)
Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

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