Cheiropoietos describes things identified as made by human hands, including structures, sacred places, and circumcision.

The term consistently marks something as made by human hands: it qualifies houses or temples, circumcision in the flesh, a tent, and holy places. Several verses contrast such made objects or places with what is described as not made by hands.

1. Made by human hands · dominant

   In Acts 17:24 and Acts 7:48, the dative plural masculine form qualifies temples or houses where God does not dwell; the APB renders these clauses “temples made by hands” and “houses made by human hands.” In Ephesians 2:11, the genitive singular feminine form occurs with circumcision in the flesh, while Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:24, and Mark 14:58 apply the term to a tent, holy places, and a temple in contrasts with what is “not made by hands.”

   Acts 17:24Acts 7:48Ephesians 2:11Hebrews 9:11Hebrews 9:24Mark 14:58

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term with “made by hands,” “made by human hands,” and “made with hands”; in several clauses it appears in the contrast “not made by hands.” These are renderings within whole-verse translations rather than definitions.