What does ἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoíētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoíētos): Distinguishes physical/material from spiritual reality; especially of circumcision as inward transformation rather than outward ritual.
Greek · G886
ἀχειροποίητος
Not man-made
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ἀχειροποίητοςG886
Pronunciationacheiropoíētos
What does ἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoíētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoíētos): Distinguishes physical/material from spiritual reality; especially of circumcision as inward transformation rather than outward ritual.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G886?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include made without hands (1), not built by human hands (1), not by human hands (1).
Where does ἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoíētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 14:58. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (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 Itmade without hands1×Mark 14:58
not built by human hands1×2 Corinthians 5:1
not by human hands1×Colossians 2:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 14:58
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Mark12 Corinthians1Colossians1
Source forms
ἀχειροποίητον2xacheiropoiētonMark 14:58, 2 Corinthians 5:1
ἀχειροποιήτῳ1xacheiropoiētōColossians 2:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 5:1
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1xMark 14:58
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular1xColossians 2:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Distinguishes physical/material from spiritual reality; especially of circumcision as inward transformation rather than outward ritual.
Strong'sG886
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
not man-made
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Distinguishes physical/material from spiritual reality; especially of circumcision as inward transformation rather than outward ritual.
(χειροποίητος) not made by hands: Mrk.14:58, 2Co.5:1; metaphorically, περιτομή ἀ. (i.e. spiritual ), Col.2:11 (MM, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 14:58Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀχειροποίητονaceiropoihton
not made by hand, not handmade
Read verse2 Corinthians 5:1Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀχειροποίητον,aceiropoihton
not made by hand, not handmade
Read verseColossians 2:11Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
ἀχειροποιήτῳ,aceiropoihtw
not made by hand, not handmade
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 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineCol 2:111×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMark 14:581×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 5:11×
Word Origins
ἀχειροποίητος is built from these roots: