Word study · Greek
acheiropoíētos
made without hands
Say it: akh-i-rop-OY-ay-tos (approximate)
ἀχειροποίητος
What it means
Not made by hands (a- "not" plus cheir "hand" plus poieō "to make"). In 2:11, "a circumcision made without hands," meaning done by God, not by a person. Also in Mark 14:58 and 2 Corinthians 5:1.
Range of meaning
- Not made by handsMade by God.
- SpiritualNot physical.
In Colossians
- Chapter 2
"With a circumcision not made with hands" (2:11).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G0886 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources