Strong’s G5498 · Greek

χειρόγραφον
cheirógraphon

Definition

something hand-written ("chirograph"), i.e. a manuscript (specially, a legal document or bond (figuratively))

Etymology

neuter of a compound of G5495 (χείρ) and G1125 (γράφω);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • handwriting

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.