Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἀχειροποίητος, ον
Greek transliteration
acheiropoiētos
Simplified transliteration
acheiropoietos

Numbers

Strong's number
886
GK Number
942

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Gloss
not made by human hands, implying not of human origin
Definition
not made with hands, Mk. 14:58; 2 Cor. 5:1; Col. 2:11*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀχειροποίητος

Mark 14:58 “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another not made (acheiropoiēton | ἀχειροποίητον | acc sg masc) with hands.’”
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands (acheiropoiēton | ἀχειροποίητον | acc sg fem), eternal, in the heavens.
Colossians 2:11 In him you also were circumcised with a circumcision not (acheiropoiētō | ἀχειροποιήτῳ | dat sg fem) made with hands, by the putting off of the body of flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.

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