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cheirógraphon

handwriting

Say it: khi-ROG-raf-on (approximate)

χειρόγραφος

What it means

A handwritten document, especially a signed note of debt (an IOU). In 2:14, God wiped out "the handwriting in ordinances which was against us" and nailed it to the cross. It appears only here.

Range of meaning

  • Handwritten noteA written document.
  • Record of debtAn IOU.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 2

    "The handwriting in ordinances which was against us" (2:14).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G5498 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources