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ἀχειροποίητος
acheiropoiētos
G0886
G:A Greek

not man-made

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Greek
Language

Acheiropoietos describes a building, circumcision, or temple as not produced by human hands.

The adjective marks things described as outside human manufacture: a heavenly building in 2 Corinthians 5:1, a circumcision in Colossians 2:11, and another temple in Mark 14:58.

Senses in use

  1. Outside human manufacture · dominant

    Across all three occurrences, the adjective qualifies a noun identified as not made by human hands. In 2 Corinthians 5:1 the APB renders a building from God as “a home not made with hands”; in Colossians 2:11 it renders the circumcision as “not made with hands”; and in Mark 14:58 it contrasts another temple with the temple “that is made with hands.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the adjective with the repeated phrase “not made with hands” in each cited clause.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture