Meaning
Hand <1,,5495, cheir>
"the hand" (cp. Eng., "chiropody"), is used, besides its ordinary significance, (a) in the idiomatic phrases, "by the hand of," "at the hand of," etc., to signify "by the agency of," Act 5:12, Act 7:35, Act 17:25, Act 14:3, Gal 3:19 (cp. Lev 26:46); Rev 19:2; (b) metaphorically, for the power of God, e.g., Luk 1:66, Luk 23:46, Joh 1:10-29, Act 11:21, Act 13:11, Heb 1:10, Heb 2:7, Heb 10:31; (c) by metonymy, for power, e.g., Mat 17:22, Luk 24:7, Joh 10:39, Act 12:11.
