ΧΕΙΡΙ, χειρι
CHEIRI, cheiri
Sounds Like: KHEI-ree
Translations: to hand, by hand, in hand, with hand, by the hand, in the hand, with the hand
From the root: ΧΕΙΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the hand, and in this inflected form, it indicates location or means. It is often used to express 'in the hand,' 'by hand,' or 'with the hand,' signifying possession, control, or the instrument by which an action is performed. For example, 'in the hand of God' or 'by the hand of a prophet'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5495 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 25:7
- Judges — 4:9, 4:14, 4:21, 6:13, 6:21, 6:37, 7:2, 7:6, 7:9, 7:16, 8:6, 8:7, 8:15, 9:29, 9:48, 10:7
- 1 Chronicles — 11:23, 16:7, 16:40, 19:11
- 2 Esdras — 11:10, 14:11, 16:5, 19:14, 19:27, 20:30
- Judith — 2:12, 8:33, 9:2, 9:9, 9:10, 13:15, 14:6, 15:10, 16:5
- Tobit — 11:11
- 1 Maccabees — 1:44, 2:7
- 4 Maccabees — 13:12
- Psalms — 74:9, 76:21, 94:4, 97:8, 126:4, 135:12
- Proverbs — 7:20, 10:11, 11:21, 16:5, 18:21, 21:1, 26:9
- Ecclesiastes — 5:13, 5:14, 9:1
- Job — 1:12, 12:10, 17:3, 29:20, 30:21, 37:7
- Wisdom — 3:1, 3:14, 7:11, 7:16, 11:1, 14:6, 19:8
- Sirach — 10:4, 10:5, 29:1, 29:26, 33:13, 48:20, 49:7
- Matthew — 3:12
- Luke — 3:17
- John — 3:35
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:35, 13:16, 19:33, 21:40
- 1 Corinthians — 12:21, 16:21
- Galatians — 6:11
- Colossians — 4:18
- 2 Thessalonians — 3:17
- Philemon — 1:19
- Revelation — 1:16, 10:2, 10:8, 14:14, 17:4, 20:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:323
- Book 6 — 9:185
- Book 8 — 11:275
- Book 10 — 6:85
- Book 11 — 6:239
- Book 14 — 3:52, 13:358, 15:466
- Book 15 — 10:374
- Book 18 — 8:261
- Book 19 — 1:113
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 12:11, 13:9
- Book Three — 5:27
- Book Four — 3:72, 3:94
- Book Five — 1:13, 9:32
- Book Seven — 9:9
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 0:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 21:18, 38:18, 38:20, 40:11
- Exodus — 4:2, 4:4, 4:17, 4:20, 6:1, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 8:5, 8:16, 8:17, 13:3, 13:9, 13:14, 13:16, 14:8, 15:20, 17:5, 17:9, 17:16, 22:4, 33:22
- Leviticus — 14:17, 14:27, 14:32, 16:21, 25:26, 26:46
- Numbers — 4:28, 4:33, 4:37, 4:41, 4:45, 4:49, 5:18, 9:23, 10:13, 15:23, 15:30, 16:40, 20:20, 22:23, 22:29, 22:31, 25:7, 33:1, 33:3, 35:21, 36:13
- Deuteronomy — 4:34, 5:15, 6:21, 7:8, 9:26, 9:29, 13:17, 26:8
- Joshua — 2:24, 5:13, 8:18, 10:35, 14:2, 20:9, 21:2, 22:9
- Judges — 1:2, 2:23, 3:4, 3:8, 3:10, 3:15, 3:28, 4:2, 4:9, 4:14, 4:21, 6:1, 6:13, 6:21, 6:36, 6:37, 7:2, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 8:3, 8:6, 8:7, 8:15, 9:29, 9:48, 10:7, 11:21, 11:30, 11:32, 12:3, 13:1, 15:12, 15:13, 15:18, 16:23, 16:24, 18:10
- 1 Samuel — 2:13, 9:8, 11:7, 12:5, 13:22, 14:27, 14:34, 14:43, 16:2, 16:20, 16:23, 17:40, 19:5, 19:9, 21:8, 22:6, 23:6, 24:12, 28:15, 28:17, 28:21
- 2 Samuel — 2:16, 3:18, 10:2, 10:10, 11:14, 12:25, 15:36, 16:8, 18:2, 18:14, 20:10, 21:9, 21:22, 23:6, 23:21, 24:14
- 1 Kings — 2:25, 8:53, 8:56, 12:15, 15:29, 16:1, 16:7, 16:34, 17:11, 17:16, 20:28
- 2 Kings — 3:10, 3:18, 4:29, 5:5, 7:17, 8:8, 8:9, 9:1, 9:36, 10:10, 11:8, 11:11, 11:12, 13:3, 14:5, 14:25, 17:13, 17:20, 17:23, 18:30, 19:23, 19:26, 21:10, 24:2
- 1 Chronicles — 6:15, 11:23, 14:11, 16:7, 16:40, 19:11, 20:8, 21:16, 29:12
- 2 Chronicles — 8:18, 10:15, 12:5, 17:5, 20:6, 23:7, 25:3, 26:19, 29:25, 33:8, 34:16, 36:5, 36:15
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:79
- Ezra (Beta) — 7:14, 7:25, 9:7, 9:11
- Nehemiah — 1:10, 4:17, 6:5, 9:14, 9:27, 9:30, 10:29
- Esther — 4:8, 4:17
- Judith — 2:12, 8:33, 9:2, 9:9, 9:10, 12:4, 13:15, 14:6, 15:10, 16:5
- Tobit — 11:11
- 1 Maccabees — 1:44, 2:7, 2:47, 3:6, 3:30, 4:30, 11:15
- 4 Maccabees — 13:12
- Psalms — 74:9, 76:21, 94:4, 97:8, 126:4, 135:12
- Psalms of Solomon — 16:14
- Proverbs — 7:20, 10:11, 11:21, 16:6, 18:21, 21:1, 26:9
- Ecclesiastes — 5:13, 5:14, 9:1
- Job — 1:12, 8:4, 12:10, 13:14, 17:3, 27:11, 29:20, 30:21, 37:7
- Wisdom — 3:1, 3:14, 7:16, 11:1, 14:6, 19:8
- Sirach — 9:17, 10:4, 10:5, 15:14, 29:1, 29:26, 36:13, 46:4, 48:20, 49:6
- Isaiah — 6:6, 8:11, 10:14, 10:32, 13:2, 36:15, 37:10, 40:12, 44:5, 45:12, 62:3
- Jeremiah — 6:3, 21:5, 26:13, 28:7, 31:26, 34:6, 36:3, 39:21, 44:2, 45:23
- Lamentations — 2:7
- Baruch — 2:11, 2:20, 2:28
- Ezekiel — 6:11, 8:11, 9:1, 9:2, 20:5, 20:6, 20:33, 20:34, 25:14, 29:7, 35:5, 37:17, 37:19, 37:20, 40:3, 40:5, 47:3
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:2, 2:38, 4:32, 5:23, 7:25, 8:25, 9:15, 11:11, 11:16
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 5:23
- Hosea — 12:7
- Amos — 7:7
- Haggai — 1:1, 1:3, 2:1
- Zechariah — 2:1, 4:10, 8:4
- Malachi — 1:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 6:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 1:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 3:12
- Luke — 3:17
- John — 3:35
- Acts — 7:35, 12:17, 13:16, 21:40
- 1 Corinthians — 12:21, 16:21
- Galatians — 3:19, 6:11
- Colossians — 4:18
- 2 Thessalonians — 3:17
- Philemon — 1:19
- Revelation — 1:16, 6:5, 10:2, 10:8, 14:14, 17:4
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
- 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
- ΧΙΡΕΙ — hand, a hand, by hand, with the hand, (in) the 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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