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Greek · Strong’s G5495

χείρ

cheír

the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)

Derivation:

perhaps from the base of G5494 (χειμών) in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (χάσμα) (through the idea of hollowness for grasping);

179

Times used

0

Old Testament

179

New Testament

Verses (first 60 of 83)

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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.