King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5498
Transliteration: cheirographon
Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rog'-raf-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
Meaning: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
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.
Word Summary
cheirographon: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
Original Word: χειρόγραφονTransliteration: cheirographon
Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rog'-raf-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
Meaning: a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
Strong's Concordance
manuscript, record of debtsNeuter 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5498: χειρόγραφονχειρόγραφον, 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.