ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΑΣ, αὐτοχειρας
AUTOCHEIRAS, autocheiras
Sounds Like: ow-TO-khee-ras
Translations: murderer, a murderer, suicide, a suicide, one who kills with his own hand
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who kills with their own hand, whether it be another person (a murderer) or themselves (a suicide). It is a compound word formed from 'αὐτός' (autos), meaning 'self' or 'same', and 'χείρ' (cheir), meaning 'hand'. Thus, it literally means 'one who acts with their own hand'. It is used to describe the perpetrator of a violent act carried out personally.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Accusative
Strong’s number: G0846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 3:31
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡ — one's own hand, with one's own hand, a murderer, a suicide
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΑ — suicide, murderer, one's own hand, by one's own hand, a suicide, a murderer
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΕΣ — with one's own hands, by one's own hand, self-murderers, suicides, murderers, a murderer, a suicide
- ΟΙΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΙ — with one's own hand, by one's own hand, a suicide, self-murderer
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