χεῖρας

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 χεῖρας

   KHEI-ras

   hands
2. sentence🔊 Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς συγκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν τοὺς ὄντας τῶν Ἰουδαίων πρῶτους συνελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλεγεν πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐγώ ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί οὐδὲν ἐναντίον ποιήσας τῷ λαῷ ἢ τοῖς ἔθεσι τοῖς πατρῴοις δέσμιος ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων παρεδόθην εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων

   E-ge-ne-to DE me-TA hê-ME-ras TREIS syn-ga-LE-sa-sthai au-TON TOUS ON-tas TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN PRÔ-tous syn-el-THON-tôn DE au-TÔN E-le-gen pros au-TOUS e-GÔ AN-dres a-del-PHOI ou-DEN e-nan-TI-on poi-Ê-sas tôi la-ÔI ê tois E-the-si tois pa-TRÔ-ois DEs-mi-os eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn pa-re-DO-thên eis tas KHEI-ras TÔN rhō-mai-ÔN

   It happened and after days three to call together him the who were of the Jews first having come together and of them he was saying to them I men brothers nothing against having done to the people or the customs the ancestral a prisoner from Jerusalem I was delivered into the hands of the Romans

Exegesis

The final prepositional phrase eis tas kheiras tōn Rhōmaiōn {εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων | eis tàs kheîras tôn Rhōmaíōn} uses the idiom “into the hands of” to convey legal custody and brings the focus to Roman jurisdiction. In translation, the infinitival clause is rendered with a finite verb clause in English (“he called together”) for naturalness, while the parallel denials and the climactic passive “was delivered” are preserved to keep the legal and rhetorical force of Paul’s defense.

Root and etymology

cheir🔊 χείρchi–epsilon–iota–rho

“hand”

• 🔊 χειρόγραφονchi–epsilon–iota–rho–omicron–gamma–rho–alpha–phi–omicron–nuhandwritten recordColossians 2:14
• 🔊 χειροτονέωchi–epsilon–iota–rho–omicron–tau–omicron–nu–epsilon–omegato appoint by raising handsActs 14:23