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ἀχειροποίητος

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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.