Strong G9713χειρόω
to lay hands against
- Transliteration
- cheiroō
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
1. to bring into hand, to manage, master, subdue , (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. mostly in Mid., to conquer, overpower, subdue , (Herdotus Historicus); so, τήνδ᾽ ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν became master of this booty, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. without any sense of violence, to master, subdue , (Xenophon Historicus), etc.
4. χειροῦμαι is also Pass. to be subdued , [variant datesTragica Adespota; future χειρωθήσομαι (Demosthenes Orator); aor1 ἐχειρώθην (Herdotus Historicus); perfect κεχείρωμαι (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
2. mostly in Mid., to conquer, overpower, subdue , (Herdotus Historicus); so, τήνδ᾽ ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν became master of this booty, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. without any sense of violence, to master, subdue , (Xenophon Historicus), etc.
4. χειροῦμαι is also Pass. to be subdued , [variant datesTragica Adespota; future χειρωθήσομαι (Demosthenes Orator); aor1 ἐχειρώθην (Herdotus Historicus); perfect κεχείρωμαι (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)