Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Conspicuous in Hebrew ceremonial and other customs
(Gen. 14:22; Deut. 21:6-7; Matt. 27:24; Job 31:27; Isa. 65:2).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
perhaps from the base of 5494 in the sense of its congener the base of 5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)