Acts 20:34:14Acts.20.34.W14TAB
χεῖρες
kheires
“hands”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-res
- Extended
- KHEI-rehs
- IPA
- /ˈkʰei.res/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHEI-res
- sentence
au-TOI gi-NO-ske-te HO-ti tais KHREE-ais mou kai tois OU-si met e-MOU hy-pay-REH-tay-san hai KHEI-res HAU-tai
Exegesis
Its grammatical subject is the nominative phrase hai cheires hautai {αἱ χεῖρες αὗται | hai kheí-res haû-tai}, “these hands,” which appears after the verb in Greek, a word order that gives the subject a climactic, focal position. In English, the subject is moved before the verb (“these hands have served”) for natural syntax, while still retaining the emphasis on Paul’s own manual labor. The dative structure is rendered with possessive language (“my needs” and “the needs of those who were with me”) to make explicit the beneficiaries implied by the datives.
Root and etymology
cheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand; means of action”
In context — Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands have served my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:34:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 20:34, so the Greek word χεῖρες (kheires) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.34.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.34.W14.S1) and character.