For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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χείρ
Vocabulary form:
ceivr, ceirovV, hJ
Definition:
hand, arm, finger
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
177
GK:
5931
Root:
ceir
Cognates:
Chirography is writing.
A chiromancer is a palmist, a palm reader.
Mnemonic Singing:
He hideth my life in the depths of His love,
and covers me there with His hand,
and covers me there with His hand.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 4:40 | As the sun was going down, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him. Placing his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on each one of them, he healed them. |
| Luke 5:13 | And Jesus stretched out his hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) and touched him, saying, “I am willing; become clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. |
| Luke 6:1 | One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through grainfields, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem), and eat them. |
| Luke 6:6 | It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) was withered. |
| Luke 6:8 | But he knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), “Get up and stand here in front.” So he got up and came forward. |
| Luke 6:10 | After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) He did it, and his hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) was restored. |
| Luke 8:54 | But taking her by the hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), he called out, “Child, arise!” |
| Luke 9:44 | “Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of men.” |
| Luke 9:62 | Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 13:13 | He placed his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on her, and immediately she was made erect again and began to praise God. |
| Luke 15:22 | But the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for his finger (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), and sandals for his feet. |
| Luke 20:19 | The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them, but they feared the people. |
| Luke 21:12 | But before all these things, they will lay their hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for the sake of my name. |
| Luke 22:21 | “But see, the hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) of the one who will betray me is with me on the table. |
| Luke 22:53 | Day after day, when I was in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) against me. But this is your hour, and the hour for the power of darkness. |
| Luke 23:46 | Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last. |
| Luke 24:7 | saying that it was necessary for the Son of Man to be delivered into the hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) of sinful men and to be crucified and on the third day to rise again.” |
| Luke 24:39 | Look at my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” |
| Luke 24:40 | When he had said this, he showed them his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and his feet. |
| Luke 24:50 | Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) he blessed them. |
| John 3:35 | The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem). |
| John 7:30 | So they were anxious to arrest him, but no one laid a hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) on him, because his hour had not yet come. |
| John 7:44 | Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him. |
| John 10:28 | and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one will ever snatch them out of my hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem). |
| John 10:29 | My Father, who has given them to me, is more powerful than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem). |
| John 10:39 | So once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped out of their grasp (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem). |
| John 11:44 | The dead man came out, his feet and his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him, and let him go.” |
| John 13:3 | Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), and that he had come from God and was returning to God, |
| John 13:9 | Simon Peter exclaimed, “Lord, then wash not only my feet but also my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and my head!” |
| John 20:20 | Having said this, he showed them his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) and his side. Then the disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord. |
| John 20:25 | So the other disciples kept saying to him, “We have seen the Master!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands (chersin | χερσίν | dat pl fem) the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the wound left by the nails, and put my hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) into his side, I will never believe!” |
| John 20:27 | Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and examine my hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem); and reach out your hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem), and put it into my side. Do not continue in unbelief, but believe.” |
| John 21:18 | I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you used to fasten on your clothes and go wherever you wanted, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem), and someone else will fasten on your clothes and take you where you do not want to go.” |
| Acts 2:23 | this Jesus, delivered up according to the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you, at the hands (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem) of those outside the law, executed by nailing him to a cross; |
| Acts 3:7 | Then taking him by the right hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), Peter raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong; |
| Acts 4:3 | So they laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening. |
| Acts 4:28 | to do whatever your hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) and your plan had predetermined to be. |
| Acts 4:30 | while you stretch out your hand (cheira | χεῖρα | acc sg fem) to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” |
| Acts 5:12 | By the hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem) of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. |
| Acts 5:18 | and they laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on the apostles and put them in the public jail. |
| Acts 6:6 | These they set before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them. |
| Acts 7:25 | He thought that his brothers would understand that God, by his hand (cheiros | χειρός | gen sg fem), was granting them deliverance; but they did not understand. |
| Acts 7:35 | This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — this man God sent both as ruler and redeemer by the hand (cheiri | χειρί | dat sg fem) of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. |
| Acts 7:41 | And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol and began rejoicing in the works of their hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem). |
| Acts 7:50 | Did not my hand (cheir | χείρ | nom sg fem) make all these things?’ |
| Acts 8:17 | Then Peter and John laid hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on them and they received the Holy Spirit. |
| Acts 8:18 | But when Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the hands (cheirōn | χειρῶν | gen pl fem) of the apostles that the Spirit was given, he offered them money, |
| Acts 8:19 | saying, “Give me also this power, that anyone on whom I lay hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) may receive the Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 9:12 | and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on him so that he might regain his sight.” |
| Acts 9:17 | So Ananias went entered the house; he placed his hands (cheiras | χεῖρας | acc pl fem) on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” |
Mnemonics
She ran her fingers/hands
She ran her fingers/hands through her "hair"
Harry and the Hendersons was
Harry and the Hendersons was a film from the eighties featuring a character with Hair all over his hands, arms and fingers
From largest to smallest:
From largest to smallest:
Arm, hand, finger, χείρ
A "Chiropractor" is a doctor
A "Chiropractor" is a doctor who uses fingers, hands, and arms to practice medicine. (The "chiro" part of this word is related to a Latinized version of this Greek word.)