Quick Definition
χείρ, χειρός, ἡ n.f. a hand
Strong's Definition
perhaps from the base of 5494 in the sense of its congener the base of 5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)
KJV Usage: hand
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | χειρός | αὐτόχειρ · ἀχειροποίητος · διαχειρίζομαι · ἐπιχειρέω · προχειρίζομαι · προχειροτονέω · χειραγωγέω · χειραγωγός · χειρόγραφον · χειροποίητος · χειροτονέω
8.30 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
hand, finger a hand or any relevant portion of the hand, including, for example, the fingers In rendering MAT 8:3 it would be inappropriate in some languages to translate literally ‘he stretched out his hand,’ since this would imply some kind of miracle of extending the hand itself. A correct rendering may be ‘he extended his arm and touched him with his hand.’
In LUK 15:22 χείρ refers to the finger, not to the hand, and therefore it is necessary to translate in most languages ‘put a ring on his finger.’
MAT 3:12 · MAT 4:6 · MAT 5:30 · MAT 8:3 · MAT 8:15 · MAT 9:18 · MAT 9:25 · MAT 12:10 · MAT 12:13 · MAT 12:49 · MAT 14:31 · MAT 15:2 · MAT 15:20 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 19:13 · MAT 19:15 · MAT 22:13 · MAT 26:23 · MAT 26:51 · MAT 27:24 · MRK 1:31 · MRK 1:41 · MRK 3:1 · MRK 3:3 · MRK 3:5 · MRK 3:5 · MRK 5:23 · MRK 5:41 · MRK 6:2 · MRK 6:5 · MRK 7:2 · MRK 7:3 · MRK 7:5 · MRK 7:32 · MRK 8:23 · MRK 8:23 · MRK 8:25 · MRK 9:27 · MRK 9:43 · MRK 9:43 · MRK 10:16 · MRK 16:18 · LUK 3:17 · LUK 4:11 · LUK 4:40 · LUK 5:13 · LUK 6:1 · LUK 6:6 · LUK 6:8 · LUK 6:10 · LUK 6:10 · LUK 8:54 · LUK 13:13 · LUK 15:22 · LUK 22:21 · LUK 24:39 · LUK 24:40 · LUK 24:50 · JHN 11:44 · JHN 13:9 · JHN 20:20 · JHN 20:25 · JHN 20:25 · JHN 20:27 · JHN 20:27 · JHN 21:18 · ACT 3:7 · ACT 5:12 · ACT 6:6 · ACT 7:41 · ACT 8:17 · ACT 8:18 · ACT 8:19 · ACT 9:12 · ACT 9:17 · ACT 9:41 · ACT 12:7 · ACT 12:17 · ACT 13:3 · ACT 13:16 · ACT 15:23 · ACT 19:6 · ACT 19:26 · ACT 19:33 · ACT 20:34 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 21:40 · ACT 23:19 · ACT 26:1 · ACT 28:3 · ACT 28:4 · ACT 28:8 · ROM 10:21 · 1CO 4:12 · 1CO 12:15 · 1CO 12:21 · 1CO 16:21 · GAL 6:11 · EPH 4:28 · COL 4:18 · 1TH 4:11 · 2TH 3:17 · 1TI 2:8 · 1TI 4:14 · 1TI 5:22 · 2TI 1:6 · PHM 1:19 · HEB 6:2 · HEB 8:9 · HEB 10:31 · HEB 12:12 · JAS 4:8 · 1PE 5:6 · 1JN 1:1 · REV 1:16 · REV 6:5 · REV 7:9 · REV 8:4 · REV 10:2 · REV 10:5 · REV 10:8 · REV 10:10 · REV 13:16 · REV 14:9 · REV 14:14 · REV 17:4 · REV 20:1 · REV 20:4
9.17 · People · Human Beings
person, agent (a figurative extension of meaning of χείρ[a] ‘hand,’ 8.30) a human as an agent in some activity
ACT 2:23 · ACT 7:25 · ACT 7:50 · ACT 11:30 · ACT 14:3 · ACT 19:11 · GAL 3:19 · HEB 1:10 · REV 9:20 · REV 19:2
76.3 · Power, Force
power (a figurative extension of meaning of χείρ[a] ‘hand,’ 8.30) power as an expression of the activity of a person or supernatural being In some languages there is no abstract term for ‘power.’ The equivalent of doing something by the power of someone is ‘someone makes it possible to do’ or, in a figurative sense, ‘someone gives strength to do.’
LUK 1:66 · LUK 1:71 · LUK 1:74 · JHN 3:35 · JHN 13:3 · ACT 4:28 · ACT 4:30 · ACT 5:12 · ACT 11:21 · ACT 13:11 · 1PE 5:6
37.14 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
to be in the control of, to be in the power of (a figurative extension of meaning of χείρ[a] ‘hand,’ 8.30) a state of control exercised by a person In some languages it may be necessary to express the meaning of ‘control’ in the context of ACT 12:11 by a more specific reference to potential action, for example, ‘he rescued me and Herod could not do anything to me.’
LUK 23:46 · JHN 10:28 · JHN 10:29 · JHN 10:39 · ACT 12:11 · 2CO 11:33 · HEB 10:31
37.12 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
Collocation: παραδίδωμι εἰς χεῖρας
to deliver to the control of, to hand over to (an idiom, literally: to give into the hands) to hand someone over into the control of others In a context such as MAT 26:45, παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας may be rendered as ‘will hand him over to be arrested’ or ‘will cause him to be taken into custody.’
MAT 17:22 · MAT 26:45 · MRK 9:31 · MRK 14:41 · LUK 9:44 · LUK 24:7 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 28:17
90.2 · ((followed by the genitive)) · Case · Agent, Personal or Nonpersonal, Causative or Immediate, Direct or Indirect
Collocation: σὺν χειρί
by, with the help of (an idiom, literally: with the hand of) a marker of an associated agent
9.5 · People · Human Beings
Collocation: χεὶρ ἀνθρωπίνη
person, people (an idiom, literally: human hand) a human being as a means of accomplishing something
37.110 · Control, Rule · Seize, Take into Custody
Collocation: ἐπιβάλλω τὰς χεῖρας / τὴν χεῖρα ἐπί
to seize, to arrest (an idiom, literally: to lay hands on) to take a person into custody for alleged illegal activity
MAT 26:50 · MRK 14:46 · LUK 20:19 · LUK 21:12 · LUK 22:53 · JHN 7:30 · JHN 7:44 · ACT 4:3 · ACT 5:18 · ACT 12:1 · ACT 21:27
68.6 · Aspect · Begin, Start
Collocation: ἐπιβάλλω τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω
to start to do something and then to hesitate, to begin but have second thoughts about continuing (a Semitic idiom, literally: one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back) to begin some activity requiring close attention but then to change one’s mind about proceeding It is probably best to regard the phrase ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ ̓ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπων εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω as a part of a traditional saying referring to anyone who has second thoughts about undertaking some new or different enterprise, but the particular manner in which this is adapted to a statement concerning ‘the kingdom of God’ makes its strictly idiomatic structure somewhat doubtful.
37.110 · Control, Rule · Seize, Take into Custody
Collocation: ἐκτείνω τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί
to seize, to arrest (an idiom, literally to stretch out hands upon) to take a person into custody for alleged illegal activity
1 In this subdomain (Human Beings) a number of expressions referring to people are based upon metonymies involving terms for parts or aspects of persons. Such metonymic figures of speech are involved in σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα (9.14), γόνυ[b] (9.16), χείρ[b] (9.17), γλῶσσα[g] (9.18), ὄνομα[b] (9.19), and ψυχή[c] (9.20). 2 It is possible that χείρ[c], βραχίων, and δάκτυλος[b] in the figurative sense of power of an individual differ somewhat in meaning one from the other, but it is impossible to determine this on the basis of existing contexts. 3 The phrases ἐπιβάλλω τὰς χεῖρας and ἐπιβάλλω τὴν χεῖρα ἐπί also occur with events, and as such focus attention on the beginning of an event, for example, οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον ‘no one puts his hand to the plow’ or ‘no one begins to plow’ LUK 9:62. A treatment of this meaning is in 68.6.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χείρ, gen. χειρός, acc. χεῖραν (1 Pet. v.6 Tdf.; see ἄρσην, fin.), 7, [fr. τ. meaning ‘to lay hold of’; ef. Lat. heres, οἴου; Curtius § 189; Vanicek p. 249 sq.], fr. Hom. down, Hebr. 1, the hand: Mt. iii. 12; Mk. iii. 1; Lk. vi. 6; 1 Tim. ii. 8; Heb. xii. 12, and often; the gen. with the verbs ἅπτομαι. ἐπιλαμβάνομαι, κρατέω, πιάζω, etc., which see in their places; the dat. with ἐργάζομαι, ἐσθίω, ete. ; 6 ἀσπασμὸς TH ἐμῇ χειρί, 1 Co. xvi. 21; Col.iv.18; 2 Th. iii. 17; the acc. with the verbs αἴρω, δέω. ἐκπετάννυμι, ἐκτείνω, ἐμβάπτω. ἐπιτίθημι, καθαρίζω, κατασείω. vinta, ete. ἡ ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν [see ἐπίθεσις and reff.], 1 Tim. iv. 14; 2 Tim. i.6; Heb.vi.2; ἐν χειρί τινος, in imitation of the Hebr. “3. 1a [ef. Β. 8188, 20 cf. 319 sq. (274) ; Bp. Lghtft. on Gal. iii. 19], by the help or agency, of any one, by means of any one, Acts vii. 35 Rec.; Gal. iii. 19; σὺν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου, with the aid or service of the angel [cf. B. u.s.], Acts vii. 35 LT Tr WH; those things in the performance of which the hands take the principal part (as 6. g. in working miracles), are said to be done διὰ Reino or χειρῶν or τῶν [ ef. B. §124, 8 d.] χειρῶν τινος, Mk. vi. 2; Acts v. 12; xiv. 3; xix. 113 univ., Acts li. 23; vil. 25; xi. 30; xv. 23; emi χειρῶν, Mt. iv. 6; Lk. iv. 11; ἐπὶ τὴν y., Rev. xiv. 9; xx. 1 [here Treg. mrg. ἐν τῇ x-], 4; ἐκ, Acts xxviii. 4; Rev. viii. 4; εἰς τὴν x. (on his hand), Lk. xv. 22; ἡ χείρ, as an acting subject (see γλῶσσα, 1), Lk. xxii. 21; plur., Acts xvii. 253; xx. 34; 1 Jn.i.1; τὰ ἔργα τῶν x., Acts vii. 41; Rev. ix. 20; ἐκδικεῖν TO αἷμά τινος ἔκ Twos (see ἐκδικέω, b. and ἐκ I. 7), Rey. xix. 2. By meton. 7) χείρ is put for power, activity, (for exx. fr. prof. auth. fr. Hom. down see Passow s. v. p- 2431°; [L.and S.s. v. p.1720°]): παραδιδόναι τινὰ εἰς χεῖράς τινων; into the hostile hands (Deut. i. 27; Job xvi. χειραγω yew 11), Mt. xvii. 22; xxvi.45; Mk. ix. 31; Lk. ix. 44; xxiv. 7; Acts xxi. 11; xxviii. 17; διδόναι τι ἐν τῇ χειρί τινος, to commit to one’s protecting and upholding power, Jn. iii. 35; also εἰς τ. χεῖράς τινος, Jn. xiii. 3; τινὰ ἐκ τῶν χειρ. or ἐκ χειρός τινος (fr. the hostile power of any one) ἀπάγειν, Acts xxiv. 7 Kec.; ἐξελέσθαι, Acts xii. 11 (Gen. xxxiil. 11; Ex. xviii. 8 sq.); ἐξέρχεσθαι, Jn. x. 39; ῥυσθῆναι, Lk. i. 74; σωτηρία, ib. 71; ἐκφεύγειν τὰς χεῖράς twos, 2 Co. xi. 33. By a fig. use of language χείρ or χεῖρες are attributed to God, symbolizing his might, activity, power; conspicuous a. in creating the universe : ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, Heb. i. 10 (Ps. ci. (cii-) 26). B. in upholding and preserving: Lk. xxiii. 46; Jn. x. 29 (cf. 28); χεὶρ κυρίου ἐστὶ pera τινος, God is present, protecting and aiding one, Lk. i. 66; Acts xi. 21. γ. in punishing: χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπὶ σέ, Acts xiii. 11 (1S. xii. 15); ἐμπίπτειν εἰς x. θεοῦ ζῶντος, Heb. x. 31. δ. in determining and controlling the destinies of men: Acts iv. 28; ταπεινοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ, 1 Pet. v. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χείρ cheir 177x
a hand, Mt. 3:12; 4:6; 8:15 freq.; from the Hebrew, χεὶρ Κυρίου, a special operation of God, Acts 11:21; 13:3; ἐν χειρί, by agency, Acts 7:35; Gal. 3:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χείρ, gen., χειρος (acc., χεῖραν, I Pe 5:6 T), ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for יָד ;]
the hand: Mt 3:12, Mk 3:1, Lk 6:6, al. mult.; ἡ χ., acting subject, Lk 22:21; pl., Ac 17:25 20:34, I Jo 1:1; τ. ἔργα τῶν χ., Ac 7:41, Re 9:20; ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τ. ἐμῇ χ., I Co 16:21, Col 4:18, II Th 3:17; prepositional phrases, esp. those without art., similar to Heb. constructions (Bl., §32, 4; 40, 9; 46, 9), ἐν χ.; c gen. (Lft., in l.), Ga 3:19; σὺν χ. ἀγγέλου, Ac 7:35; διὰ (τῶν) χειρῶν (διὰ χειρός), Mk 6:2, Ac 5:12 7:25, al.; ἐπὶ χειρῶν, Mt 4:6, Lk 4:11; ellipse of χ. (ἡ δεξία, ἀριστερα; Bl., § 44, 1), Mt 6:3, al. By meton., for the power or activity of an individual, Mt 17:22, Mk 9:31, Lk 9:44, Jo 10:39, Ac 12:11, al.; metaph., of the activity or power of God: Lk 1:66 23:46, Jo 10:29, Ac 11:21 13:11, al.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χείρ χείρ, “ἐᾷ hand.”” The grammatical forms of this common noun are fully illustrated by Mayser Gr. p. 282f. For its varied uses we may cite—P Par 637° (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p- 36) φροντίζεσθ᾽ ὅπως μηθεὶς ἐπ[ι]βάλληι τὰ[ς] χεῖρας τοῖς τοιούτοις κατὰ μηδεμίαν π[αρ]εύρεϊσιν, ‘take care that no one lay violent hands on such persons on any pretext whatever ’’ (Mahaffy): Perxg 268 C™ (B.c. 98) τὸν παρακα]λέσοντα δοῦναι τ[ὰ]ς χεῖρας ἡμῖν εἰ[ς σύλλυσιν, ‘to give the hands towards an agreement to be brought about by us,”’ a usage for which Deissmann (8S p. 251) can find no other ex., but compares Gal 2° δεξιὰς ἔδωκαν... κοινωνίας, and similar phrases in 1 and 2 Macc. : P Tebt II. 39178 (a.D. go) ἡ χὶρ ἥδη κυρία ἔστω ws ἐν δημοσίωι κατακεχωρισμένη, “this bond shall be valid, as if it had been publicly registered” (Edd.), similarly 76. 37918 (A.D. 128): BGU II. 42316 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 91) ἵνα cov προσκυνήσω τὴν χέραν (see Pro/eg. p. 49), a son to his father: P Oxy I. παρὰ [σ]οῦ, “1 won't take your hand,” another boy to his father: and 26. IX, 1208° (A.D. 291) Αὐ[ρή]λιος. . . μίετ]ὰ συνβεβαιωτοῦ τοῦ πατρὸς Tod kal ἔχοντος αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῇ χειρὶ κατὰ τοὺς Ρωμαίων v{v}dpous, ‘* Aurelius with his father, who has him under power according to Roman law, as co-guarantor” (Ed.). For χείρ in prepositional phrases cf. ἀνὰ χεῖρα in P Ryl II. 5851 (A.D. 156) οὐδὲν δέ por d[delAerar ὑπὲρ τ]ῶν ava χεῖρα χρόνων, “nothing is owing to me for the current period” (Edd.), 74. 997 (iii/A.D.) τῇ ἀνὰ χεῖρα (πενταετίᾳ), ““during the current period of 5 years” (Edd.): ἀπὸ χερός in P Cairo Zen IT. 59155% (B.C. 256) πότισον τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ χερός, “water the ground by hand” (‘‘i.e. by means of buckets or zat¢a/s,”’ Ed.) : διὰ χερός (Mk 6%, a/.) in P Magd 25° (B.C. 221) ὀφείλων γάρ plot διὰ χερὸς κριθῶν (ἀρτάβας) τέ, “11 m’a emprunteé de la main a la main et me doit quinze artabes d’orge” (Ed.), P Oxy II. 2687 (A.D. 58) ἀπεσχηκυῖαι [παρὰ τοῦ ᾿Αντ])ιφάνους διὰ χειρὸς [ἐ]ξ οἴκου ὃ καὶ ἐπε[ίσθη]σαν κεφάλαιον, “have received from Antiphanes from hand to hand in cash the sum which they severally consented to accept’ (Edd.), P Fay 9218 (a.D. 126) δραχμὰς πεντήκοντα ἕξ παραχρῆμα διὰ χιρὸς ἐξ οἴκ[ου : ἐν χερσί (Gal 319) in BGU IV. τορ 513 (A.D. 57) τὰ δὲ νῆα (1 νέα) ἐν χερσὶ γέγοναι, zd. IIT. 8445 (A.D, 83) ὃ ἐὰν [ἔχηι]ς ἐν χερσίν : μετὰ χεῖρας in P Oxy XVI. 1876? (c. Α.Ὁ. 480) λίβελλον. . . ἔχων μετὰ χεῖρας ἀναγνώσομ[ζαι, ‘the /zbe//us I hold in my hands and will read” (Edd.). For χείρ in ‘‘ Hebraic’’ locutions, see Proleg. p. 99 f. For healing by touch of hand, as in Mk 141, see Herodas IV. 18 (ed. Headlam), where an offering is made for a cure in the temple of Asclepius with the words—
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χείρ (cheir) — hand. χείρ, ἡ, χειρός, χειρί, χεῖρα, dual χεῖρε, χεροῖν, plural χεῖρες, χερῶν, χεῖρας, penultimate being regularly short, when the ultima is long; dative plural regularly χερσί (χειρσί occurs in codex Vat. of [LXX], and late Inscrr. as [Refs 8th c.BC+], and once in trimeter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χέρεσσι (ν) [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect nominative χέρς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also, ={δίψακος}, Ps.-[Refs 7th c.BC+]:— the hand, whether closed, παχεῖα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or open, flat, χερσὶ καταπρηνέσσι, χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural where a single hand is meant, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely, singular where more than one hand is spoken of, e.g. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; dual joined with plural, ἄμφω χεῖρας [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. hand and arm, arm [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν χερσὶ γυναικῶν πεσέειν into the arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, words are added to denote the hand as distinct from the arm, ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of the hand or paw of animals, ὅσα [ζῷα] χεῖρας ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πορεύεσθαι ἐπὶ χειρῶν go on all fours. [LXX]; so of monkeys, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the fore-paws of the hyena, [Refs]; of the bear, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. Special usages:
II.1. to denote position, ποτέρας τῆς χερό; on which hand? [Refs 8th c.BC+] as we say the right, the left).
II.2. frequently in dative of all numbers with Verbs which imply the use of hands, λάβε χειρί, χερσὶν ἑλέσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χειρί, χεροῖν ψαῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes this dative is added pleonastic by way of emphasis, ὄνυξι συλλαβὼν χερί [Refs]
II.3. genitive, by the hand, χειρὸς ἔχειν τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γέροντα δὲ χειρὸς ἀνίστη he raised him by the hand,[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.4. the accusative is used when one takes the hand of a person, χεῖρα γέροντος ἑλών [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖράς τ᾽ ἀλλήλων λαβέτην, in pledge of good faith, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.5. other uses of the accusative:
II.5. a in prayer or entreaty, χεῖρας ἀνασχεῖν [θεοῖς] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. ἀνατείνειν (see. ἀνατείνω [Refs]
II.5. b τὰς χεῖρας αἴρειν to hold up hands in token of assent or choice, of persons voting, [Refs 8th c.BC+] to reach them one's hand in help, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.5. c [Ἰλίου] χεῖρα ἑὴν ὑπερέσχε held the hand over as a protector, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: less frequently τισι, [Refs]
II.5. d in hostile sense, χεῖρας or χεῖρα ἐπιφέρειν τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.5. e χεῖρας ἀπέχειν keep hands off, λοιμοῖο βαρείας χεῖρας ἀφέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.5. f χεῖρας ἐπιτιθέναι τινί, in token of consecration, [NT]
II.6. with Preps.:
II.6. a ἀνὰ χεῖρας ἔχειν τινάς to be intimate with.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὰ ἀνὰ χεῖρα πράγματα the matters in hand, [Refs 1st c.AD+] the current period, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἀνὰ χ. what comes his way, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀνὰ χ. τῆς πύλης hard by.., [LXX]
II.6. b ἀπὸ χειρὸς λογίσασθαι to reckon off-hand, roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+] by hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.6. c διὰ χερῶν ἔχειν, λαβεῖν, literally, to have or take between the hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν to hold in the hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to have in hand, i. e. under control, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων keep under control, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later, to have a work in hand, be engaged in it, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of arms, διὰ χειρὸς εἶναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; διὰ χ. ἔχειν, with participle, to be continually doing, [NT+1st c.AD+]
II.6. d ἐς χεῖρας λαβεῖν τι literally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to take a matter in hand, undertake it, πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐς χέρας λαβόντ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοῦναί τινι ἐς χέρας, εἰς χεῖρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, ἵκεο χεῖρας ἐς ἁμάς thou hast fallen into our hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, to have to do with any one, converse with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to come to blows or close quarters with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνιέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐς χειρῶν νόμον (perhaps νομόν) ἀπικέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ (perhaps νομῷ) ἀπόλλυσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἐν χεροῖν δίκῃ conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς χεῖρας δέχεσθαί τινας to await their charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. e ἐκ χειρός by hand of man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: from near at hand, at close range, ἐκ χειρὸς βάλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμύνασθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+] tim.4; οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χ. σιδήρου [LXX]; ἡ ἐκ χ. δίκη lynch law, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] closerange reading, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; so of time, out of hand, off-hand, forthwith, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.6. f δέπας μητρὶ ἐν χειρὶ τίθει [Refs 8th c.BC+] though found in most codices, was condemned by the critics in Il.[same place], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a gift, ἐν χερσὶ τίθει [Refs]; ἐν ταῖς χ. ἔχειν, literally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐν χερσὶν ἔχειν also, to have in hand, be engaged in, τὸν γάμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐν χερσὶ πόλεμος the war in hand, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; περιτειχισμὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὤν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; frequently of fighting, ἐν χερσί hand to hand, ἐν χ. ἦν ἡ μάχη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χ. γίγνεσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν χερσὶν [δυστυχία] [Refs 1st c.AD+]: also in dual, τἀν χεροῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χειρί τινος by the hand of.., [LXX+NT]
II.6. g ἐπὶ χειρὸς ἔχειν on or in one's hand, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ χεῖράς τινων ἐκφέρουσι put into their hands, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also ἐπὶ χεῖρά τινος next to, [LXX]
II.6. h κατὰ χειρός, of washing the hands before meals, ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός (i.e. φερέτω τις), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; (without ὕδωρ) κατὰ χ. ἐδόθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]: proverbial of that which is easily come by, [Refs 5th c.BC+]at hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κατὰ χειρῶν δοῦναι, χέειν, λαβεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] in deed or act, κατὰ χ. γενναιότατοι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to συνέσει, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κατὰ χεῖρά σου according to thy will, [LXX] by her side, [Refs] __i μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχειν between, i.e. in, the hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+] to have in hand, be engaged in, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __k λάβε παρὰ χεῖρα take in hand, [LXX]; but τὸ πὰρ χειρός the work in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __l πρὸ χειρῶν close before one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ χειρὸς εἶναι conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+] __m πρὸς χειρός τινος by his hand, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἐμὴν χεῖρα at the signs given by my hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χεῖρα ὑποβορβορύζοντες on pressure, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __n ὑπὸ χερσὶ ἁλοῦσα under, i.e. by, another's hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ χεῖρα ποιεῖσθαι to bring under one's power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ὑπὸ χ. persons in one's power, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ τὴν χ. ἐλθεῖν to come into one's hand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπὸ χ. in hand, i.e. in stock, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, at hand, i.e. at once, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ ὑπὸ χ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ὑπὸ χ. the attendant, [Refs 1st c.AD+]extempore, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also καθύπο χεῖρα κινῶν [τὰς οὐσίας], in Alchemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. the hand often receives the attributes of the person using it, χ. μεγάλη, of Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. ὑπερμήκης, of the 'long arm' of the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θοὴ χ., of one throwing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὐσεβεστέρα, εὐφιλής, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κάρβανος[Refs 5th c.BC+]: to denote wealth or poverty, πλειοτέρῃ σὺν χ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2. it is represented as acting of itself, χεῖρες μαιμῶσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.3. plural, in theurgy, name for spiritual powers, αἱ δημιουργικαὶ [τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος] δυνάμεις ἃς θεουργῶν παῖδες χεῖρας ἀποκαλοῦσιν [Refs 5th c.AD+] P., compare [same work] in R.[Refs]
IV. to denote act or deed, opposed to mere words, in plural, ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μνῆμ᾽ Ἑλένης χειρῶν of her handiwork, her art, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῇ χειρὶ χρᾶσθαι to use one's hands, i.with be active, stirring, opposed to ἀργὸς ἐπεστάναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς χ. προσφέρειν to apply force, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μιᾷ χειρί single-handed, [Refs 8th c.BC+], especially of using the hands in a fight, compare above [Refs], e, f; of deeds of violence, πρὶν χειρῶν γεύσασθαι before we try force, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀδίκων χ. ἄρχειν to give the first blow, [Refs 5th c.BC+] violent measures, force, ἐπίσχετε θυμὸν ἐνιπῆς καὶ χειρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπως θανάτοιο βαρείας χ. ἀλάλκοι, variant for{κῆρας}, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
V. a number, band, body of men, especially of soldiers, χεὶρ μεγάλη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκεία χείρ, for χεὶρ οἰκετῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. handwriting, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χεῖρα ἀρνήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῇ ἐμῇ χ. Παύλου [NT]: copy, counterpart of a document, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; deed, instrument, ἡ χ. ἥδε κυρία ἔστω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VI. b handiwork of an artist or workman, γλαφυρὰ χ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VII. of any implement resembling a hand:
VII.1. a kind of gauntlet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII.2. χ. σιδηρᾶ grappling-iron, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of an anchor, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
VII.3. axle-tree, [LXX]
VII.4. in LXX, pillar or cairn, as it were a finger pointing to heaven, χεὶρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ [LXX]; also ἀνέστακεν αὐτῷ χεῖρα, i.e. trophy,[LXX]
VII.5. χεῖρες ἐλάτιναι, of oars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII.6. catch of a trigger, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VII.7. instrument of torture, [LXX]
VIII. handful, κορώνῃ χεῖρα πρόσδοτε κριθέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
IX. ointment containing five ingredients, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Armenian jein (dzern), [Refs 2nd c.AD+] dore, Tocharian (A-dialect) tsar, (B-dialect) sar, all = hand.)