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χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς

Hand-made · a fane, shrine, temple

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χειροποίητος G5499 hand-made
Pronunciation cheiropoíētos
Human-made object, typically contrasted with God's eternal or spiritual reality in NT theology.
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ναός G3485 a fane, shrine, temple
Pronunciation naós
The inner sanctuary or holy of holies, distinct from the entire temple complex (ἱερόν).
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What does χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς (cheiropoiētois naois) mean in the Bible?

χειροποίητος · ναός is a Greek word meaning "Temples made by human hands".

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Meaning

Temples made by human hands
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 2:11 · Heb 9:11 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 7:48 · Acts 17:24 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 14:58 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Heb 9:24 1×
6 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 3 — God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple 1 Corinthians 6 — Judge Righteously, Flee Sexual Immorality, and Glorify God in Your Body Acts 17 — The Gospel Reasoned from Scripture and Proclaimed to the Nations Acts 7 — Stephen Testifies to Israel’s Resistance and Christ’s Glory Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ John 2 — The First Sign, the True Temple, and the Glory of Jesus Revealed Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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