- Transliteration: Cheir

- Phonetic: khire

- Definition:

1. by the help or agency of any one, by means of any one

2. fig. applied to God symbolising his might, activity, power

a. in creating the universe

b. in upholding and preserving (God is present protecting and aiding one)

c. in punishing

d. in determining and controlling the destinies of men

- Origin: perhaps from the base of G5494" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)

- TDNT entry: 16:04,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Perhaps from the base of G5494" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively [power]; especially [by hebraism] a means or instrument): - hand.