adjective

acheiropoiētos

Greekἀχειροποίητος (acheiropoiētos)

Strong’sG886

not made by hand, not handmade

stem acheiropoiēt-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

made without hands1×not made by hands1×not made with hands1×

What it means

*† ἀ-χειρο-ποίητος, -ον

(< χειροποίητος),

not made by hands: Mk 14:58, II Co 5:1; metaph., περιτομή ἀ. (i.e. spiritual), Col 2:11 (MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G886 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidakh-i-rop-oy'-ay-tos

unmanufactured, i.e. inartificial

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5499;

King Jamesmade without (not made with) hands.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	acheiropoiētos	acheiropoiētas	acheiropoiētem	acheiropoiētois	acheiropoiētais	acheiropoiēteim
object accusative	acheiropoiēton1×ἀχειροποίητον	acheiropoiētan1×ἀχειροποίητον		acheiropoiētoin	acheiropoiētain
direct address vocative	acheiropoiētor	acheiropoiētar		acheiropoiētoir	acheiropoiētair
of, belonging to genitive	acheiropoiētou	acheiropoiētau	acheiropoiēteu	acheiropoiētoiu	acheiropoiētaiu	acheiropoiēteiu
to, for dative	acheiropoiēto	acheiropoiēta1×ἀχειροποιήτῳ	acheiropoiēte	acheiropoiētoi	acheiropoiētai	acheiropoiētei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

acheiropoiētstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

acheiropoiēt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

acheiropoiēton“not made by hands”objectaccusative singular1×

Mark 14:58“not made by hands”hoti Nis akouana autou legarōtou hoti Mis kataluami ton naon houton ton cheiropoiēton kai dia treis hēmeraiu allon acheiropoiēton oikodomami;“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”

acheiropoiētan“not made with hands”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Corinthians 5:1“not made with hands”Oidanē gar hoti ean tas epigeias nu oikias teu skēneu kataluiteia, oikodoman ek theou echanō oikian acheiropoiētan aiōnian en toi ouranoi.For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

acheiropoiēta“made without hands”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:11“made without hands”en ho kai peritemniva peritoma acheiropoiēta en ta apekdusia teu sōmeu tau sarxau, en ta peritoma tou Christou,In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.