χείρ

χείρ, genitive, χειρος (accusative, χεῖραν, 1 Pet 5,6 T), ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for יָד ;]

the hand: Matt 3,12, Mark 3,1, Luk 6,6, al. mult.; ἡ χ., acting subject, Luk 22,21 pl., ApG 17,25; 20,34, 1 Joh 1,1; τ. ἔργα τῶν χ., ApG 7,41, Åb 9,20; ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τ. ἐμῇ χ., 1 Kor 16,21, Kol 4,18, 2 Thess 3,17; prepositional phrases, esp. those without art., similar to Heb. constructions (Bl., §32, 4; 40, 9; 46, 9), ἐν χ.; with genitive (Lft., in l.), Gal 3,19 σὺν χ. ἀγγέλου, ApG 7,35 διὰ (τῶν) χειρῶν (διὰ χειρός), Mark 6,2, ApG 5,12; 7,25, al.; ἐπὶ χειρῶν, Matt 4,6, Luk 4,11; ellipse of χ. (ἡ δεξία, ἀριστερα; Bl., §44, 1), Matt 6,3, al. By meton., for the power or activity of an individual, Matt 17,22, Mark 9,31, Luk 9,31, Joh 10,39, ApG 12,11, al.; metaphorically, of the activity or power of God: Luk 1,66; 23,46, Joh 10,29, ApG 11,21; 13,11, al.