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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ἀχειροποίητος G886
Pronunciation acheiropoíētos
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 It made without hands 1× Mark 14:58
not built by human hands 1× 2 Corinthians 5:1
not by human hands 1× Colossians 2:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 14:58
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Mark 1 2 Corinthians 1 Colossians 1
Source forms
ἀχειροποίητον 2x acheiropoiēton Mark 14:58, 2 Corinthians 5:1
ἀχειροποιήτῳ 1x acheiropoiētō Colossians 2:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 5:1
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 14:58
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 2:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Distinguishes physical/material from spiritual reality; especially of circumcision as inward transformation rather than outward ritual.
Strong's G886
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
not man-made
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 14:58 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀχειροποίητον aceiropoihton
not made by hand, not handmade
Read verse 2 Corinthians 5:1 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀχειροποίητον, aceiropoihton
not made by hand, not handmade
Read verse Colossians 2:11 Adjective 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Col 2:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 14:58 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 5:1 1×
Word Origins
ἀχειροποίητος is built from these roots:
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