ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΕΣ, αὐτοχειρες
AUTOCHEIRES, autocheires
Sounds Like: ow-TO-khee-res
Translations: with one's own hands, by one's own hand, self-murderers, suicides, murderers, a murderer, a suicide
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound noun/adjective formed from 'αὐτός' (self) and 'χείρ' (hand). It refers to someone who acts with their own hand, often implying a direct, personal involvement in an action, especially one that is violent or decisive. It can specifically mean a self-murderer or suicide, or more generally, a murderer or one who kills with their own hand. In the provided context, it likely refers to people acting directly or personally, perhaps in a destructive manner.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 13:363
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 16:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:19
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
- ΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΑΣ — murderer, a murderer, suicide, a suicide, one who kills with his own hand
- ΟΙΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΧΕΙΡΙ — with one's own hand, by one's own hand, a suicide, self-murderer
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