{"def":{"short":"the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)","long":["by the help or agency of any one, by means of any one","figuratively applied to God symbolising his might, activity, power",["in creating the universe","in upholding and preserving (God is present protecting and aiding one)","in punishing","in determining and controlling the destinies of men"]]},"deriv":"perhaps from the base of G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)","pronun":{"ipa":"xir","ipa_mod":"çir","sbl":"cheir","dic":"heer","dic_mod":"heer"},"see":["G5490","G5494"]}