χείρ cheir

Greek word for “hand” · Strong’s G5495 · used 176 times in 168 verses

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Meaning

χείρ, genitive, χειρος (accusative, χεῖραν, T), ἡ;

How it is translated

Glosses given for cheir in context, with how often each is used:

• hand 86
• hands 84
• their hands 2
• hand — 2
• his hand 1
• your hands 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (4), Mark 7 (4), Luke 6 (4), Luke 24 (4), Acts 7 (4), Acts 12 (4), Acts 19 (4), Acts 28 (4), Revelation 10 (4), Matthew 12 (3)

Forms

• χεῖρας 55
• χεῖρα 26
• χειρὸς 24
• χειρὶ 17
• χειρῶν 16
• χεὶρ 8
• χερσὶν 6
• χείρ 5
• χεῖράς 5
• χεῖρά 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with cheir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi “to put/lay on” 21
• ἐκτείνω ekteinō “to stretch out” 13
• ἐπιβάλλω epiballō “to put on/seize” 11
• πούς pous “foot” 13
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 17
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 13
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 16
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 11
• ἰδού idou “look!” 12
• μετά meta “with/after” 15
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 11
• κρατέω krateō “to grasp/seize” 8

Key verses

The verses using cheir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• John 3:35 — The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
• 1 Timothy 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Hebrews 6:2 — Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• James 4:8 — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• 1 John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of…
• Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
• Revelation 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of…
• Revelation 19:2 — For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of…
• Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.