Acheiropoiētos ἀχειροποίητος
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| ἀχειροποίητος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | acheiropoiētos |
| Strong's number | G886 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | not man-made |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Mark (1) |
Acheiropoiētos (Greek ἀχειροποίητος, Strong's G886) is a Greek adjective meaning “not man-made”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἀ-χειρο-ποίητος, -ον
(χειροποίητος)
not made by hands: Mrk.14:58, 2Co.5:1; metaphorically, περιτομή ἀ. (i.e. spiritual ), Col.2:11 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
(χειροποίητος)
not made by hands: Mrk.14:58, 2Co.5:1; metaphorically, περιτομή ἀ. (i.e. spiritual ), Col.2:11 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hands (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | made without hands (1), not built by human hands (1), not by human hands (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Acheiropoiētos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Mark
- Mark 14:58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Colossians
- Colossians 2:11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).