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);

Where 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.

What the first audience heard

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