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GreekG5495Noun (Feminine)

χείρ

cheir

171Occurrences
G5495Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)

perhaps from the base of G5494 (χειμών) in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (χάσμα) (through the idea of hollowness for grasping);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ἡ, the hand: , mult.; ἡ χ., acting subject; pl.; ἔργα τῶν χ.,; ὁ ἀσπασμὸς ἐμῇ χ.,; prepositional phrases, esp. those without art., similar to Heb. constructions, ἐν χ.; σὺν χ. ἀγγέλου; *διὰ *(τῶν) *χειρῶν *(διὰ χειρός), ἐπὶ χειρῶν,; ellipse of χ. (ἡ δεξία, *ἀριστερα; *Bl., §44, 1), By meton., for the power or activity of an individual, metaphorically, of the activity or power of God
LXX: chiefly for יָד

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

χείρ appears 171 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
45
Luke
25
Matthew
23
Mark
22
Revelation
17
John
13
Hebrews
6
1 Corinthians
4

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 12:15BSB

If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

Acts 23:19BSB

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

James 4:8BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Luke 6:8BSB

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

Mark 3:1BSB

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.