cheir · hand

What it means

cheir (χείρ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hand”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
2. Someone's power: "into the hands of men".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Hand. By extension, someone's power (“into the hands of”).

• Jesus touches or takes by the hand Matthew 8:3Luke 8:54
• Laying on hands Acts 8:17Acts 19:6
• “Handed over into the hands of people” Luke 9:44Mark 9:31
• “See my hands”: the risen one Luke 24:40John 20:27
• “Stretch out your hand” Luke 6:10

How we translate it

“Hand” 89 times, “hands” 87. ἐπιτίθημι τὰς χεῖρας is translated “lay hands on” (“they laid their hands on them”, Acts 8:17).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• hand ×89
• hands ×87

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×24
• Mark×25
• Luke×26
• John×15
• Acts×45
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×4
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×2
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×3
• 2 Timothy×1
• Philemon×1
• Hebrews×5
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×16

• Matthew 3:12

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

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 5:30

  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.

• Matthew 8:3

  And stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” And at once his leprosy was cleansed.

• Matthew 8:15

  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and began to serve him.

• Matthew 9:18

  While he was saying these things to them, look, a ruler came and was bowing down before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

• Matthew 9:25

  But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took hold of her hand, and the girl got up.

• Matthew 12:10

  And look, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.

• Matthew 12:13

  Then he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

• Matthew 12:49

  And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Look, my mother and my brothers!

• Matthew 14:31

  And at once Jesus, stretching out his hand, took hold of him and says to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

• Matthew 15:2

  “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

• Matthew 15:20

  These are what defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”

• Matthew 17:22

  And as they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the hands of men,

• Matthew 18:8

  And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

• Matthew 19:13

  Then children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them.

• Matthew 19:15

  And after laying his hands on them, he went from there.

• Matthew 22:13

  Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind his feet and hands and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Matthew 26:23

  And he answered, “The one who has dipped his hand in the bowl with me, this one will hand me over.

• Matthew 26:45

  Then he comes to the disciples and says to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Look, the hour has come near, and the Son of Man is handed over into the hands of sinners.

• Matthew 26:50

  But Jesus said to him, “Friend, do that for which you have come.” Then they came up and laid their hands on Jesus and seized him.

• Matthew 26:51

  And look, one of those with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the slave of the high priest, cut off his ear.

• Matthew 27:24

  When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this blood; you will see to it.”

• Mark 1:31

  And he came and raised her up, taking her by the hand; and the fever left her, and she began serving them.

• Mark 1:41

  And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand and touched him and says to him, “I am willing; be made clean.”

• Mark 3:1

  And he went again into a synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

• Mark 3:3

  And he says to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and come into the middle.”

• Mark 3:5

  And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their heart, he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

• Mark 5:23

  and begs him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”

• Mark 5:41

  And taking the child’s hand, he says to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.”

• Mark 6:2

  And when the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue; and the many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? And what is the wisdom given to him, and such miracles done by his hands?

• Mark 6:5

  And he could not do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

• Mark 7:2

  and they saw that some of his disciples were eating the bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed.

• Mark 7:3

  (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding to the tradition of the elders;

• Mark 7:5

  And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?”

• Mark 7:32

  And they bring to him a deaf man who could hardly speak, and they beg him to lay his hand on him.

• Mark 8:23

  And taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, “Do you see anything?”

• Mark 8:25

  Then again he laid his hands on his eyes, and he looked intently and was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly.

• Mark 9:27

  But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

• Mark 9:31

  for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he has been killed, after three days he will rise.”

And 136 more times.