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G5499 χειροποίητος (cheiropoíētos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

done or made with hands

Strong's Definition

manufactured, i.e. of human construction

Derivation: from G5495 (χείρ) and a derivative of G4160 (ποιέω);

KJV Usage: made by (make with) hands

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χειροποίητος, χειροποίητον (χείρ and ποιέω), made by the hand i. e. the skill of man (see ἀχειροποίητος): of temples, Mar_14:58; Act_7:48; Act_17:24; Heb_9:11; Heb_9:24; of circumcision, Eph_2:11. (In the Sept. of idols; of other things, occasionally in Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χειροποίητος cheiropoiētos 6x made by hand, artificial, material, Mar_14:58 ; Act_7:48 ; Act_17:24 ; Eph_2:11 ; Heb_9:11 ; Heb_9:24

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χειρο -ποίητος , -ον ( < χείρ , ποιέω ), [in LXX (of idols) for H457 ;] made by hand ( i.e . of human handiwork): of temples, Mar_14:58 , Act_7:48 ; Act_17:24 , Heb_9:11 ; Heb_9:24 ; of circumcision, Eph_2:11 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χειροποίητος [page 687] made by hands, in the LXX applied only to idols, bat in the NT used of material temples (Act. 7:48; Act. 17:24) : cf. Orac. Sib. xiv. 62 ναῶν ἱδρύματα χειροποιήτων . In the travel-letter, P Lond 854 .4 (i/ii A.D.) (=111. p. 205, Selections , p. 70), the writer remarks that many go by ship ἵνα τὰς χε [ι ]ρ̣ο̣π̣[οι ]ή [τους τέ ]χνας ἱστορήσωσι , in order that they may visit works of art made by hands, on the banks of the Nile.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

χειροποίητος [Etym: from χειροποιέω] χειροποίητος, ον, "made by hand, artificial", opp. to αὐτοφυής (natural), Hdt. ; φλὸξ χ. a fire "kindled by the hand of man", Thuc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

χειρο-ποίητος, -ον (χείρ, ποιέω), [in LXX (of idols) for אֱלִיל ;] made by hand (i.e. of human handiwork): of temples, Mrk.14:58, Act.7:48 17:24, Heb.9:11, 24; of circumcision, Eph.2:11.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (6)

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