adjective
cheiropoiētos
Strong’sG5499
done or made with hands
stem cheiropoiēt-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χειρο-ποίητος, -ον
(< χείρ, ποιέω), [in LXX (of idols) for אֱלִיל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5499 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
made by hand, artificial, opposed to αὐτοφυής (natural), σκῆπτρον LXX+5th c.BC+; φλὸξ χ. a fire intentionally kindled, opposed to ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Refs 5th c.BC+; so λιμός, opposed to αὐτόματος, Refs 6th c.AD+; ἀνάγκη, τέχνη, Refs. adverb χειρό-τως Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | cheiropoiētos | cheiropoiētas | cheiropoiētem | cheiropoiētois | cheiropoiētais | cheiropoiēteim1×χειροποίητα |
| object accusative | cheiropoiēton1×χειροποίητον | cheiropoiētan | cheiropoiētoin | cheiropoiētain | ||
| direct address vocative | cheiropoiētor | cheiropoiētar | cheiropoiētoir | cheiropoiētair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | cheiropoiētou | cheiropoiētau2×χειροποιήτου | cheiropoiēteu | cheiropoiētoiu | cheiropoiētaiu | cheiropoiēteiu |
| to, for dative | cheiropoiēto | cheiropoiēta | cheiropoiēte | cheiropoiētoi2×χειροποιήτοις | cheiropoiētai | cheiropoiētei |
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
cheiropoiēt 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
cheiropoiēton“made with hands”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 14:58“made with hands”… Mis kataluami ton naon houton ton cheiropoiēton kai dia treis hēmeraiu alloson acheiropoiēton …… Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is …
cheiropoiētau“by human hands”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Ephesians 2:11… hupo tau legorōntau peritomau en sarka cheiropoiētau,… circumcision (that done in the body by human hands) —
Hebrews 9:11“made with hands”… tau megoterau kai teleioterau skēnau ouk cheiropoiētau, houtem atō ouk houtau tau ktisiau,… went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
cheiropoiētoi“made with hands”to, fordative plural2×
Acts 7:48“made with hands”alla ouk tos hupsistos en cheiropoiētoi katoikatō; kathōs tos profētos legatō;However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Acts 17:24… kai gēau huparcharōntos kurios ouk en cheiropoiētoi naoi katoikatō… and does not live in temples made by human hands.
cheiropoiēteim“made with hands”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Hebrews 9:24“made with hands”ouk gar eis cheiropoiēteim eiserchata hagieim Christos, antitupeim teiu alēthineiu, …For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He …