Strong's Lexicon
G886
G886 — ἀχειροποίητος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G886 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀχειροποίητος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5499 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | acheiropoietos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | akh-ei-rop-oy'-ay-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. unmanufactured, i.e. inartificial |
| KJV Renderings: | made without (not made with) hands |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀχειροποίητος, ἀχειροποίητον (χειροποίητος, which see), not made with hands: Mar 14:58; 2Co 5:1; Col 2:11 (where cf. Lightfoot). (Found neither in secular authors nor in the Sept. (Winer’s Grammar, § 34, 3).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀχειροποίητος (made without (not made with) hands)
Mark 14:58
- KJV: We heard him say I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days I will build another made without hands
- GK: ημείς ηκούσαμεν αυτού λέγοντος ότι εγώ καταλύσω τον ναόν τούτον χειροποίητον και διά τριών ημερών άλλον αχειροποίητον οικοδομήσω
2 Corinthians 5:1
- KJV: For we know that if our earthly house of tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens
- GK: οίδαμεν γαρ ότι εάν η επίγειος ημών οικία του σκήνους καταλυθή οικοδομήν εκ θεού έχομεν οικίαν αχειροποίητον αιώνιον εν τοις ουρανοίς
Colossians 2:11
- KJV: In 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
- GK: εν ω και περιετμήθητε περιτομή αχειροποιήτω εν τη απεκδύσει του σώματος των αμαρτιών της σαρκός εν τη περιτομή του χριστού