G5498: χειρόγραφον (cheirógraphon)

G5498 χειρόγραφον (cheirógraphon)

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Quick Definition

χειρόγραφον, ου, τό n.n. a handwriting, bond

Strong's Definition

neuter of a compound of 5495 and 1125; something hand-written ("chirograph"), i.e. a manuscript (specially, a legal document or bond (figuratively))

KJV Usage: handwriting

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χειρόγραφον (G5498)

noun, n. | -ου | χείρ + γράφω

33.40 · Communication · Written Language

account, record of debts a handwritten statement, especially a record of financial accounts (similar in meaning to γράμμα[d] ‘account,’ 33.39, but perhaps with emphasis upon the handwritten nature of the document)

COL 2:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χειρόγραφον, -ov. τό, (χείρ and γράφω), a handwriting ; what one has written with his own hand (Polyb. 30, 8, 4; Dion. Hal. 5, 8; al.) ; spee. a note of hand, or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to be returned at an appointed time (Tob. v. 3; ix. 5; Plut. mor. p. 829 a. de vitand. aere al. 4, 3; Artem. oneir. 3, 40); metaph. applied in Col. ii. 14 [(where R.V. bond) ] to the Mosaic law, which shows men to be chargeable with offences for which they must pay the penalty.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χειρόγραφον cheirographon 1x

handwriting; a written form, literal instrument, as distinguished from a spiritual dispensation, Col. 2:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† χειρόγραφος, -ον

(< χείρ, γράφω), [in LXX: To 5:3 9:2, 5 * ;]

written with the hand. As subst., τὸ χ., a handwriting (Inscr., Polyb., al.): metaph., Col 2:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χειρόγραφον, properly ‘‘ written with the hand,”’ ‘‘a signature,” is very common in the sense of ‘‘a written agreement,” or more technically ‘‘a certificate of debt,” ‘‘a bond.” Exx. of the word are P Oxy IV. 745? (c. A.D. 1) ὑπὲρ ὧν καὶ ἔθου χειρόγραφον, ‘for which you drew me up a bond,” in connexion with a purchase of wine, 2d. 11. 2694-7 (A.D. 57) ἐὰν δύνῃ ἐρωτηθεὶς ὄχλησον Διόσκορον καὶ ἔκπραξον αὐτὸν τὸ χειρόγραφον, ““1Γ you can, please worry Dioscorus and exact from him his bond” (Edd.), BGU I. 3001? (A.D. 148) τί ὃ] χειρόγραφον τοῦτο δισσὸν γραφὲν im ἐμοῦ κύρι[ο]ν ἔστω, ‘‘let this bond written by me in duplicate be valid,” P Oxy VIII. 1132!® (c. A.D. 162) τὸ δὲ κεφάλαιον ϑανεισθέν σοι ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ κατὰ χειρόγραφίον, ‘the capital sum lent to you by me in accordance with a note of hand,” and 76. IV. 719% (a.p. 193) βου[λόμενος οὖν] ἐν δημοσίῳ γενέσθαι τὸ αὐθεντικὸν χειρόγραφον, ““being therefore desirous that the authentic bond should be publicly registered ” (Edd.). For Col 215, the only occurrence of the word in the NT, we may cite BGU III. 71774 (a.p. 149) χειρόγρα[φον].. .. χωρὶς ἀλίφατος Kal ἐπιγραφῆς, ‘Ca decree neither washed out nor written over” (cf. Milligan Documents, p. 16, Here and 7 hnere, p. 5). Exx. of original χειρόγραφα are BGU I. 179 (time of Part VIII.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χειρόγραφος (cheirographos) — writen record. χειρόγρᾰφ-ος, ον, written with the hand, holograph, manuscript, σύμβολον, ἀσφάλ[ε]ια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: hence χειρόγρᾰφον, τό, manuscript note, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

2. note of hand, bond, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also χειρόγρᾰφος, ὁ, [Refs]

II. paroxytone, χειρογράφος [ᾰ], ὁ, clerk, amanuensis, [Refs 1st c.BC+]