χείρ cheír

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: hand

Derivation: 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);

Where it is used

• Luke 15:22 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 20:19 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 21:12 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 22:21 Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
• Luke 22:53 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 23:46 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 24:7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
• Luke 24:39 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 24:40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.
• Luke 24:50 When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
• John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
• John 7:30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
• John 7:44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
• John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• John 10:29 My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
• John 10:39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
• John 11:44 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 13:3 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 13:9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”
• John 20:20 After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
• John 20:25 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 20:27 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 21:18 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.”
• Acts 2:23 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 3:7 Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
• Acts 4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
• Acts 4:28 They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Acts 4:30 as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
• Acts 5:12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 5:18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
• Acts 6:6 They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
• Acts 7:25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
• Acts 7:35 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 7:41 At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
• Acts 7:50 Has not My hand made all these things?’
• Acts 8:17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
• Acts 8:19 “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
• Acts 9:12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
• Acts 9:17 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 9:41 Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
• Acts 11:21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
• Acts 11:30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 12:1 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
• Acts 12:7 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 12:11 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 12:17 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 13:3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
• Acts 13:11 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 13:16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
• Acts 14:3 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 15:23 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 17:25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
• Acts 19:6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
• Acts 19:11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
• Acts 19:26 And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
• Acts 19:33 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 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
• Acts 21:11 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 21:27 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,