5498. cheirographon
Strong's Concordance
cheirographon: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
Original Word: χειρόγραφον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: cheirographon
Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rog'-raf-on)
Short Definition: a handwriting, bond
Definition: a handwriting, bond.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5498: χειρόγραφον

χειρόγραφον, χειρογραφου, τό (χείρ and γράφω), a handwriting; what one has written with his own hand (Polybius 30, 8, 4; Dionysius Halicarnassus 5, 8; others); specifically, a note of hand, or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to he returned at an appointed time (Tobit 5:3 Tobit 9:5; Plutarch, mor., p. 829 a. de vitand. aere al. 4, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 40); metaphorically, applied in Colossians 2:14 ((where R. V. bond)) to the Mosaic law, which shews men to be chargeable with offences for which they must pay the penalty.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
manuscript, record of debts

Neuter of a compound of cheir and grapho; something hand-written ("chirograph"), i.e. A manuscript (specially, a legal document or bond (figuratively)) -- handwriting.

see GREEK cheir

see GREEK grapho

Forms and Transliterations
χειρογραφον χειρόγραφον χειροπέδαις χειροπεδών cheirographon cheirógraphon
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Strong's Greek 5498
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χειρόγραφον — 1 Occ.

Colossians 2:14 N-ANS
GRK: καθ' ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασιν
NAS: having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees
KJV: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
INT: against us handwriting in the decrees

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