Meaning of “hand”

1. Hand — Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:30; Isa. 1:15; 1 Tim. 2:8). Washing the hands was a symbol of innocence (Ps. 26:6; 73:13; Matt. 27:24), also of sanctification (1 Cor. 6:11; Isa. 51:16; Ps. 24:3, 4). In Ps. 77:2 the correct rendering is, as in the Revised Version, "My hand was stretched out," etc., instead of, as in the Authorized Version, "My sore ran in the night," etc. The right hand denoted the south, and the left the north (Job 23:9; 1 Sam. 23:19). To give the right hand was a pledge of fidelity (2 Kings 10:15; Ezra 10:19); also of submission to the victors (Ezek. 17:18; Jer. 50:15). The right hand was lifted up in taking an oath (Gen. 14:22, etc.). The hand is frequently mentioned, particularly the right hand, as a symbol of power and strength (Ps. 60:5; Isa. 28:2). To kiss the hand is an act of homage (1 Kings 19:18; Job 31:27), and to pour water on one's hands is to serve him (2 Kings 3:11). The hand of God is the symbol of his power: its being upon one denotes favour (Ezra 7:6, 28; Isa. 1:25; Luke 1:66, etc.) or punishment (Ex. 9:3; Judg. 2:15; Acts 13:11, etc.). A position at the right hand was regarded as the chief place of honour and power (Ps. 45:9; 80:17; 110:1; Matt. 26:64).

2. Handbreadth — a measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Ex. 25:25; 37:12; Ps. 39:5, etc.).

3. Handkerchief — Only once in Authorized Version (Acts 19:12). The Greek word (sudarion) so rendered means properly "a sweat-cloth." It is rendered "napkin" in John 11:44; 20:7; Luke 19:20.

4. Handmaid — servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.

5. Handwriting — (Col. 2:14). The "blotting out the handwriting" is the removal by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which we had broken.

6. Left hand — among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed to be toward the east.

7. Left-handed — (Judg. 3:15; 20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one who uses the left as well as the right, ambidexter. Such a condition of the hands is due to physical causes. This quality was common apparently in the tribe of Benjamin.

8. Parshandatha — an interpreter of the law, the eldest of Haman's sons, slain in Shushan (Esther 9:7).

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1. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

2. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

3. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 21 — And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

4. Genesis Chapter 5 Verse 29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

5. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 9 — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

6. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 2 — And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

7. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

8. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 9 — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

9. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 15 — And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

10. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 20 — And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

11. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

12. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 1 — Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

13. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

14. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 9 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

15. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 12 — And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

16. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 10 — But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

17. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

18. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 5 — Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

19. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

20. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 30 — And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

21. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

22. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

23. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

24. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 2 — And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

25. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 9 — And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

26. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 10 — And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

27. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 18 — And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

28. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 22 — And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

29. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

30. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

31. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 49 — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

32. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

33. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

34. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 16 — And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

35. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 17 — And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

36. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 22 — And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

37. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

38. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

39. Genesis Chapter 29 Verse 24 — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

40. Genesis Chapter 29 Verse 29 — And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

41. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 4 — And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

42. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

43. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

44. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 39 — That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

45. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 42 — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

46. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

47. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 13 — And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

48. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 16 — And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

49. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

50. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 2 — And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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