2001 Translation

CHIRA, chira

Sounds Like: KHEIR-ah

Translations: hand, a hand, power, strength, agency

From the root: ΧΕΙΡ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a hand, but it is often used metaphorically to signify power, strength, or agency. For example, 'in the hand of God' can mean 'under the power or authority of God'. It can also refer to a person's active involvement or instrumentality in an event.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine or Singular, Accusative, Feminine or Singular, Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5495 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 20:11
• 2 Esdras — 19:15
• Proverbs — 6:1
• Song of Solomon — 5:4
• Job — 28:9, 31:27
• Jeremiah — 43:14
• Matthew — 12:10, 26:23, 26:51
• Mark — 3:3, 3:5
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:30, 26:1
• Shepherd of Hermas — 18:7, 25:5

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
• 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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