What does χείρ · δεξιός mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G5495, G1188
ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἡ δεξιά
Hand · the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)
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χείρ G5495 hand
Pronunciation cheír
Metonymically represents personal power or agency, especially divine power when used of God's activity.
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δεξιός G1188 the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)
Pronunciation dexiós
Right hand signifies power, honor, and favored position, especially Christ's heavenly exaltation at God's right hand.
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What does ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἡ δεξιά (hē cheir autou hē dexia) mean in the Bible?
χείρ · δεξιός is a Greek phrase meaning "The man's right hand, likely his dominant hand and a concrete site of visible impairment.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5495, G1188?
G5495, G1188 is connected to 176 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. The man's right hand, likely his dominant hand and a concrete site of visible impairment.
Source Gloss
The man's right hand, likely his dominant hand and a concrete site of visible impairment.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 176 Case pattern Accusative (90) Number pattern Singular (89)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:30 · Matt 18:8 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 9:43 · Luke 1:66 · Luke 6:6 · Luke 6:10 · Luke 22:21 · Acts 4:28 · Acts 7:50 · Acts 11:21 · Acts 13:11 · 1 Cor 12:15 13×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 20:34 · 1 John 1:1 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:15 · Matt 9:25 · Mark 1:31 · Mark 5:41 · Mark 8:23 · Mark 9:27 · Luke 1:71 · Luke 1:74 · Luke 8:54 · John 10:28 · John 10:29 · John 10:39 · Acts 2:23 · Acts 3:7 · Acts 7:25 · Acts 11:30 26×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:6 · Mark 6:2 · Luke 4:11 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 7:41 · Acts 8:18 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 17:25 · Acts 19:11 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Tim 4:14 · 2 Tim 1:6 · Heb 1:10 · Heb 6:2 · Rev 9:20 16×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:12 · Luke 3:17 · John 3:35 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 12:17 · Acts 13:16 · Acts 21:40 · 1 Cor 12:21 · 1 Cor 16:21 · Gal 3:19 · Gal 6:11 · Col 4:18 · 2 Thess 3:17 · Phlm 1:19 · Rev 1:16 · Rev 6:5 20×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:20 · Mark 7:2 · Mark 7:5 · Luke 6:1 · John 20:25 · 1 Cor 4:12 · Eph 4:28 · 1 Thess 4:11 · Rev 7:9 9×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:2 · Matt 17:22 · Matt 18:8 · Matt 19:13 · Matt 19:15 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 26:45 · Matt 26:50 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 5:23 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 7:3 · Mark 8:23 · Mark 8:25 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 9:43 60×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:3 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 12:10 · Matt 12:13 · Matt 12:49 · Matt 14:31 · Matt 26:23 · Matt 26:51 · Mark 1:41 · Mark 3:1 · Mark 3:3 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 7:32 · Luke 5:13 · Luke 6:8 · Luke 6:10 30×
Word Origins
ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἡ δεξιά is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain