ἀχειροποίητοςacheiropoíētos

not made by hands: Mark 14:58, 2 Corinthians 5:1; metaphorically, περιτομή ἀ.

Greek (New Testament) · G886

Meanings

(i.e. spiritual), Colossians 2:11.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 14:58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another, made without human hands.’”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
  • Colossians 2:11 When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.