Strong's Lexicon
G849
G849 — αὐτόχειρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G849 |
|---|---|
| Word: | αὐτόχειρ |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G846 and G5495 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | autocheir |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | au-tokh'-ire |
| Meaning: | 1. self-handed, i.e. doing personally |
| KJV Renderings: | with ... own hands |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐτόχειρ, ἀυτοχειρος, ὁ (αὐτός and χείρ, cf. μακρόχειρ, ἀδικοχειρ), doing a thing with one’s own hand: Act 27:19. (Often in the tragedians and Attic orators.)
STRONGS NT 849a: αὐχέωαὐχέω; (in present and imperfect from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, but rare in prose); properly, to lift up the neck, hence, to boast: μεγάλα αὐχεῖ, Jas 3:5 L T Tr WH for R G μεγάλαυχεῖ which see
Englishman's Greek Concordance
αὐτόχειρ (with … own hands)
Acts 27:19
- KJV: And the third we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship
- GK: και τη τρίτη αυτόχειρες την σκευήν του πλοίου ερρίψαμεν