ΧΙΡΕΙ, χιρει
CHIREI, chirei
Sounds Like: KHEI-rei
Translations: hand, a hand, by hand, with the hand, (in) the hand
From the root: ΧΕΙΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the noun 'χείρ' (cheir), meaning 'hand'. It refers to the physical hand or can be used metaphorically to denote power, agency, or control. In the provided examples, it appears to be used in the dative case, indicating 'by hand' or 'with the hand', or in the locative sense 'in the hand'. The spelling 'ΧΙΡΕΙ' is a common variant or misspelling of 'ΧΕΙΡΙ' or 'ΧΕΙΡΗ' in ancient manuscripts, which are dative singular forms of 'χείρ'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5495 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΙΡ.
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.
- ΕΙΡΑΣ — hands
- ΙΑΧΕΙΡΑΝ — hand, a hand
- ΤΑΣΧΕΙΡΑΣ — the hands
- ΤΗΣΧΕΙΡΟΣ — (of) the hand, (of) a hand
- ΧΕΙΡ — hand, a hand, power, agency, a means
- ΧΕΙΡʼ — hand, a hand, (of) hand, (to) hand, power, a power, (of) power, (to) power, agency, a agency, (of) agency, (to) agency
- ΧΕΙΡΑ — hand, a hand
- ΧΕΙΡΑʼ — hand, a hand, (with) hand, (by) hand, (into) hand, (to) hand
- ΧΕΙΡΑΙΣ — to hands, with hands, by hands, in hands
- ΧΕΙΡΑΙΣΤΑ — hands, with hands, by hands
- ΧΕΙΡΑΝ — hand, a hand
- ΧΕΙΡΑΣ — hands
- ΧΕΙΡΕ — hands, a hand
- ΧΕΙΡΕΙ — he attempts, he undertakes, he tries, he endeavors
- ΧΕΙΡΕΣ — hands
- ΧΕΙΡΗ — hand, a hand
- ΧΕΙΡΙ — to hand, by hand, in hand, with hand, by the hand, in the hand, with the hand
- ΧΕΙΡΙΣΙ — to hands, with hands, by hands
- ΧΕΙΡΟ — of hand, of a hand, of the hand, by hand, with hand
- ΧΕΙΡΟΣ — of hand, of a hand, of the hand, of power, of authority, of control
- ΧΕΙΡΟΣΙ — (to) hand, (to) hands
- ΧΕΡ — hand, a hand, (of) hand, (to) hand
- ΧΕΡΑΙ — hands, (in) hands, (with) hands, (by) hands
- ΧΕΡΕΣ — hands
- ΧΕΡΙΝ — hand, a hand, (by) hand, (with) hand, (in) hand, (to) hand
- ΧΕΡΙΩ — hand, a hand, power, strength, might, a means, a person
- ΧΕΡΝΗΤΙΣ — spinner, handmaid, one who works with her hands, a spinner, a handmaid, a poor woman
- ΧΕΡΟΙΝ — to two hands, with two hands, in two hands
- ΧΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ — of hands
- ΧΕΡΣΙ — to hands, with hands, in hands
- ΧΕΡΣΙΝ — (to) hands, (with) hands, (in) hands, hands
- ΧΙΡ — hand, a hand, of hand, to hand
- ΧΙΡΑ — hand, a hand, power, strength, agency
- ΧΙΡΑʼ — of hand, of a hand, of a person, of a side, of a power, of a means
- ΧΙΡΑΕΣ — hands
- ΧΙΡΑΙΣ — hands, with hands, by hands
- ΧΙΡΑΝ — hand, a hand
- ΧΙΡΑΣ — hands, a hand
- ΧΙΡΕΣ — hands, a hand
- ΧΙΡΙ — (to) hand, (by) hand, (in) hand, (with) hand, (by) means, (through) means
- ΧΙΡΟΝΕΣ — hands, a hand
- ΧΙΡΟΣ — of hand, of a hand, of a person's hand, of a person's power, of a person's agency
- ΧΙΡΟΥΣ — hands, (of) hands, (to) hands
- ΧΙΡΩ — of hands, hands
- ΧΙΡΩΝ — hands, of hands
- Χ‾Η‾ — hand, a hand, (of) hand, (to) hand
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