χειρόγραφον
cheirógraphon · G5498 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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account, record of debts
A handwritten statement, especially a record of financial accounts (similar in meaning to γράμμα ‘account,’, but perhaps with emphasis upon the handwritten nature of the document)
ExamplesColossians 2:14 having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐξαλείφωto blot out, to wipe away 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- γράμμα grámma · G1121 · letter, writing, what has been written
- γράμμα refers to something written, including documents and written records. In its sense of 'written document' it overlaps with χειρόγραφον, though γράμμα has a broader range (including individual letters of the alphabet and general writings) while χειρόγραφον is more specialized, denoting specifically a hand-written document, especially a legal bond or certificate of debt.
In the other Testament 2 words
- כָּתָב kâthâb · H3791 · record, writing system, script
- κְתָב is the standard Hebrew term for a written document or writing, serving as the natural translation equivalent for χειρόγραφον's core sense of 'something hand-written' or 'document.' Both terms denote written records and can refer to legal documents.
- סֵפֶר çêpher · H5612 · scroll, book, letter
- סֵפֶר is a common Hebrew term for written documents, books, or records, and would serve as a natural translation equivalent for χειρόγραφον in contexts referring to written records or legal documents.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Account, record of debts33.40
- Colossians 2:14 says God, “having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us... has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross”.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χειρογραφου, τό (χείρ and γράφω), a handwriting; what one has written with his own hand…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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