Acheiropoíētos — G886
G886 · Greek — ἀχειροποίητος
Pronunciation: akh-i-rop-oy'-ay-tos
Definition
adjective
unmanufactured, i.e. inartificial
Usually translated as
hands, made without
Origin
from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5499
Occurrences
Acheiropoíētos occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1)
- Mark 14:58 — 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 (ἀχειροποίητον).
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands (ἀχειροποίητον), eternal in the heavens.
- Colossians 2:11 — In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (ἀχειροποιήτῳ), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Strong's Lexicon — A