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ὁσίους χεῖρας

Sacred · hand

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ὅσιος G3741 sacred
Pronunciation hósios
Religiously right conduct reflecting covenant loyalty; distinct from ἅγιος which emphasizes ceremonial separation.
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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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What does ὁσίους χεῖρας (hosious cheiras) mean in the Bible?

ὅσιος · χείρ is a Greek word meaning "holy hands, morally pure posture in prayer".

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Meaning

holy hands, morally pure posture in prayer
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 7:26 · Rev 15:4 · Rev 16:5 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 2:27 · Acts 13:35 · Titus 1:8 3×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Acts 13:34 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 2:8 1×
8 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 13 — The Spirit Sends the Mission and the Word Turns to the Gentiles Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 6 — Word Ministry, Servant Leadership, and Stephen’s Faithful Witness John 10 — The Good Shepherd, the Door, and the Son One with the Father John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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