Strong G849αὐτόχειρ

with one’s own hand

Transliteration
autocheir
Pronunciation
ow-tokh'-ire
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G846 and G5495; self handed that is doing personally: - with . . . own hands.

Detailed definition

αὐτό-χειρ, -ρος, ὁ, ἡ
(αὐτός, χείρ),
with one's own hand: Act.27:19.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G849 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hand1

First verses

  1. Acts 27:19
    And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐτό-χειρ, χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,
with one's own hand, creative, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 592 (Lyric poetry))]; αὐ. λούειν, παίειν, κτείνειν, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 900, 1315, “Aj.” 57; τίνες ᾠκοδόμησα;—ὄρνιθες αὐτόχειρες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1132 {αὐτοχειρί}, compare “Lys.” 269, 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 86, NT.Act.27.19, etc.)]: with genitive, very doer, per-petrator of a thing, αὐ. τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 306)]; τῆς ἀσελγείας ταύτης[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60)]; αὐ. οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν men who accomplish neither.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.150.)]
II absolutely, one who kills himself, suicide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1175; αὐ. ἑαυτῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 502)]; simply, murderer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 231, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116)]; αὐτὸν.. νομίζω αὐτόχειρά μου γεγενῆσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]106: with _genitive_, αὐ. καὶ φονεῖς τῶν πολιτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.111, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 216; in full, τὸν αὐ. τοῦ φόνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 266, compare “El.” 955, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.287.)]
III as adjective, murderous, especially of murder committed by one's own hand or by kinsmen, αὐ. θάνατος, σφαγή, μοῖρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 880, “Or.” 947, “Med.” 1281 (Lyric poetry))]; πληγέντες αὐτόχειρι σὺν μιάσματι, of brothers smitten by mutual slaughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 172; φόνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c.)]
III.2 αὐτόχειρα γράμματα written with one's own hand, autograph, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.4.)]