ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΟΝ, χειροποιητον
CHEIROPOIĒTON, cheiropoiēton
Sounds Like: kheh-roh-POY-ee-ton
Translations: made by hand, man-made, handmade, a man-made thing
From the root: ΧΕΙΡ, ΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'made by hand' or 'man-made'. It describes something that is not natural or divine in origin, but rather created by human effort. It is often used in contrast to things that are spiritual or divinely created. For example, it might refer to idols, temples, or other objects constructed by people.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5499 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 14:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 14:58
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΙΡ, ΠΟΙΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΟΣ — made by hand, handmade, man-made, artificial
- ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΩΣ — made by hand, by human hands, artificially, man-made
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