Strong's Number G5495

χείρ

cheir · khire

Transliteration:

cheir{khire}

Word Origin:

perhaps from the base of 5494 in the sense of its congener the base of 5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)

TDNT:

9:424,1309

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

hand 176, not tr 1

Total: 179
Occurs 177 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

by the help or agency of any one, by means of any one
fig. applied to God symbolising his might, activity, power
1. in creating the universe
2. in upholding and preserving (God is present protecting and aiding one)
3. in punishing
4. in determining and controlling the destinies of men