What does χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos) mean in the Bible?
χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos): Human-made object, typically contrasted with God's eternal or spiritual reality in NT theology.
Greek · G5499
χειροποίητος
Hand-made
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χειροποίητος G5499
Pronunciation cheiropoíētos
What does χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos) mean in the Bible?
χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos): Human-made object, typically contrasted with God's eternal or spiritual reality in NT theology.
Full entry for χειροποίητος (G5499) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5499?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [houses] made by human hands (1), a man-made (1), by human hands) (1), made by [human] hands (1), made by hands (1).
Where does χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 14:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Hebrews (2), Ephesians (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [houses] made by human hands 1× Acts 7:48
a man-made 1× Hebrews 9:24
by human hands) 1× Ephesians 2:11
made by [human] hands 1× Acts 17:24
made by hands 1× Hebrews 9:11
man-made 1× Mark 14:58
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 14:58 χειροποίητον to man-made Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 7:48 χειροποιήτοις to [houses] made by human hands Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Acts 17:24 χειροποιήτοις to made by [human] hands Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Ephesians 2:11 χειροποιήτου to by human hands) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:11 χειροποιήτου to made by hands Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:24 χειροποίητα to a man-made Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 14:58
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Mark 1 Acts 2 Ephesians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
χειροποιήτοις 2x cheiropoiētois Acts 7:48, Acts 17:24
χειροποιήτου 2x cheiropoiētou Ephesians 2:11, Hebrews 9:11
χειροποίητα 1x cheiropoiēta Hebrews 9:24
χειροποίητον 1x cheiropoiēton Mark 14:58
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 7:48, Acts 17:24
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Ephesians 2:11, Hebrews 9:11
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 14:58
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Hebrews 9:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Human-made object, typically contrasted with God's eternal or spiritual reality in NT theology.
Strong's G5499
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 19:21-27 Source Gloss
hand-made
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Human-made object, typically contrasted with God's eternal or spiritual reality in NT theology.
(χείρ, ποιέω), [in LXX (of idols) for אֱלִיל ;] made by hand (i.e. of human handiwork): of temples, Mrk.14:58, Act.7:48 17:24, Heb.9:11, 24; of circumcision, Eph.2:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 14:58 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
χειροποίητον, ceiropoihton
done or made with hands
Read verse Acts 7:48 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
χειροποιήτοις ceiropoihtoiv
done or made with hands
Read verse Acts 17:24 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
χειροποιήτοις ceiropoihtoiv
done or made with hands
Read verse Ephesians 2:11 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
χειροποιήτου, ceiropoihtou
done or made with hands
Read verse Hebrews 9:11 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
χειροποιήτου, ceiropoihtou
done or made with hands
Read verse Hebrews 9:24 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χειροποίητα ceiropoihta
done or made with hands
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 2:11 · Heb 9:11 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 7:48 · Acts 17:24 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 14:58 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Heb 9:24 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Handcrafted or manufactured.
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χειροποίητος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights the impotence of idols. Acts 19:21-27
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain