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Greek noun (feminine) · G5495

χείρ

cheirkhire

hand

175 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: cheír

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5495is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 21 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 15
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G5495

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

The King James renders it: hand.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

cheir is rendered "hand". It stands 175 times in the Greek text, across twenty-one books.

  • Forty-five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 3:12χειρὶ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • hand85
  • hands85
  • a hand2
  • hand —2
  • of hands1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

χείρωνcheironworse thanUses11
χειροποίητοςcheiropoietoshand-madeUses6
χειραγωγέωcheiragogeoto guideUses2
χειροτονέωcheirotoneoto appointUses2
χειραγωγόςcheiragogosguideUses1
χειρόγραφονcheirographonwriten recordUses1

All 175, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • χεῖρας52
  • χεῖρα26
  • χειρὸς24
  • χειρὶ17
  • χειρῶν16
  • χεὶρ8
  • χερσὶν6
  • χείρ5
  • χεῖράς5
  • χεῖρά4
  • χειρί3
  • χερσίν3

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural59N-APF
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular30N-ASF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular26N-GSF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular20N-DSF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural16N-GPF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular13N-NSF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural9N-DPF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF

Matthew

twenty-four uses
  • His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

    Matthew 3:12

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

    Matthew 4:6

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

    Matthew 5:30

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

    Matthew 8:3

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

    Matthew 8:15

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

    Matthew 9:18

    • χεῖράcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

    Matthew 9:25

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

    Matthew 12:10

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a hand
  • Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.

    Matthew 12:13

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.

    Matthew 12:49

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”

    Matthew 14:31

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

    Matthew 15:2

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

    Matthew 15:20

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

    Matthew 17:22

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

    Matthew 18:8

    • χείρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

    Matthew 19:13

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.

    Matthew 19:15

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

    Matthew 22:13

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

    Matthew 26:23

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    Matthew 26:45

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • “Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.

    Matthew 26:50

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

    Matthew 26:51

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

    Matthew 27:24

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Mark

twenty-four uses
  • So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

    Mark 1:31

    • χειρόςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”

    Mark 1:41

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

    Mark 3:1

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

    Mark 3:3

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

    Mark 3:5

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

    Mark 5:23

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

    Mark 5:41

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

    Mark 6:2

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

    Mark 6:5

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

    Mark 7:2

    • χερσίνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

    Mark 7:3

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”

    Mark 7:5

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

    Mark 7:32

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

    Mark 8:23

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

    Mark 8:25

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

    Mark 9:27

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

    Mark 9:31

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

    Mark 9:43

    • χείρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

    Mark 10:16

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    Mark 14:41

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then the men seized Jesus and arrested Him.

    Mark 14:46

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Luke

twenty-six uses
  • And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

    Luke 1:66

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

    Luke 1:71

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

    Luke 1:74

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

    Luke 3:17

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

    Luke 4:11

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

    Luke 4:40

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

    Luke 5:13

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.

    Luke 6:1

    • χερσίνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

    Luke 6:6

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • 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.

    Luke 6:8

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

    Luke 6:10

    • χεῖράcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

    Luke 8:54

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

    Luke 9:44

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 9:62

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

    Luke 13:13

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

    Luke 15:22

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

    Luke 20:19

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

    Luke 21:12

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.

    Luke 22:21

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

    Luke 22:53

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

    Luke 23:46

    • χεῖράςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”

    Luke 24:7

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

    Luke 24:39

    • χεῖράςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

    Luke 24:40

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

    Luke 24:50

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

John

fifteen uses
  • The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

    John 3:35

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

    John 7:30

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

    John 7:44

    • χεῖρας.¶cheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

    John 10:28

    • χειρόςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

    John 10:29

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

    John 10:39

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

    John 11:44

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

    John 13:3

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

    John 13:9

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

    John 20:20

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

    John 20:25

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

    John 20:27

    • χεῖράςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
    • χεῖράcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

    John 21:18

    • χεῖράςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Acts

forty-five uses
  • He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

    Acts 2:23

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

    Acts 3:7

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

    Acts 4:3

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

    Acts 4:28

    • χείρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

    Acts 4:30

    • χεῖράcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

    Acts 5:12

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

    Acts 5:18

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    Acts 6:6

    • χεῖρας.¶cheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

    Acts 7:25

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

    Acts 7:35

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

    Acts 7:41

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Has not My hand made all these things?’

    Acts 7:50

    • χείρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 8:17

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

    Acts 8:18

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 8:19

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

    Acts 9:12

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 9:17

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

    Acts 9:41

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

    Acts 11:21

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

    Acts 11:30

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

    Acts 12:1

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

    Acts 12:7

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

    Acts 12:11

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

    Acts 12:17

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

    Acts 13:3

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

    Acts 13:11

    • χεὶρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

    Acts 13:16

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

    Acts 14:3

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

    Acts 15:23

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

    Acts 17:25

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

    Acts 19:6

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

    Acts 19:11

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

    Acts 19:26

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

    Acts 19:33

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

    Acts 20:34

    • χεῖρεςcheiresnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    Acts 21:11

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    Acts 21:27

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

    Acts 21:40

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

    Acts 23:19

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

    Acts 26:1

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

    Acts 28:3

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

    Acts 28:4

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

    Acts 28:8

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

    Acts 28:17

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Romans

one use
  • But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

    Romans 10:21

    • χεῖράςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

1 Corinthians

four uses
  • We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

    1 Corinthians 4:12

    • χερσίνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 12:15

    • χείρcheirnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a hand
  • The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

    1 Corinthians 12:21

    • χειρίcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

    1 Corinthians 16:21

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand

2 Corinthians

one use
  • But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

    2 Corinthians 11:33

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Galatians

two uses
  • Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

    Galatians 3:19

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!

    Galatians 6:11

    • χειρίcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand

Ephesians

one use
  • He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

    Ephesians 4:28

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Colossians

one use
  • This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

    Colossians 4:18

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand —

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

    1 Thessalonians 4:11

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.

    2 Thessalonians 3:17

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand —

1 Timothy

three uses
  • Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    1 Timothy 2:8

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

    1 Timothy 4:14

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

    1 Timothy 5:22

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: Hands

2 Timothy

one use
  • For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

    2 Timothy 1:6

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Philemon

one use
  • I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

    Philemon 1:19

    • χειρίcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand

Hebrews

five uses
  • And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

    Hebrews 1:10

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

    Hebrews 6:2

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: of hands
  • It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

    Hebrews 8:9

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

    Hebrews 10:31

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

    Hebrews 12:12

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

James

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

    James 4:8

    • χεῖραςcheirasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

1 Peter

one use
  • Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

    1 Peter 5:6

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand

1 John

one use
  • That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

    1 John 1:1

    • χεῖρεςcheiresnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: hands

Revelation

sixteen uses
  • He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

    Revelation 1:16

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

    Revelation 6:5

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

    Revelation 7:9

    • χερσὶνchersinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

    Revelation 8:4

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

    Revelation 9:20

    • χειρῶνcheironnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hands
  • He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

    Revelation 10:2

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

    Revelation 10:5

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

    Revelation 10:8

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

    Revelation 10:10

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

    Revelation 13:16

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

    Revelation 14:9

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

    Revelation 14:14

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

    Revelation 17:4

    • χειρὶcheirinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

    Revelation 19:2

    • χειρὸςcheirosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

    Revelation 20:1

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand
  • Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

    Revelation 20:4

    • χεῖραcheiranoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hand

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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