Cheiropoietos means “manufactured” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5499 — cechabah (“cast clout”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5499 χειροποίητος (cheiropoietos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. cheiropoietos (khei-rop-oy'-ay-tos) adj. 1. manufactured, i.e. of human construction [from G5495 and a derivative of G4160] It has 19 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include made. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
cheiropoietos (khei-rop-oy'-ay-tos) adj. 1. manufactured, i.e. of human construction [from G5495 and a derivative of G4160] KJV: made by (make with) hands Root(s): G5495, G4160
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5499. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
hand-made
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cheiropoietos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5499 (χειροποίητος) appears 12 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.
And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
And they shall hide all idols made with hands,
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days, neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city, among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.
But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: He, because he made it: and it, because, being corruptible, it was called God.
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5499.
I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.
And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
And they shall hide all idols made with hands,
For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.
And it shall be to thy shame (for Moab is wearied at the altars), that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.
The vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.
and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.
For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and their golden idols, which their hands made.
They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and worship them.
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days, neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city, among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.
But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: He, because he made it: and it, because, being corruptible, it was called God.
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5499, grouped by book.
Cheiropoietos (Strong's G5499) is a Greek word most simply glossed "manufactured". cheiropoietos (khei-rop-oy'-ay-tos) adj. 1. manufactured, i.e. of human construction [from G5495 and a derivative of G4160]
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G5499 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5499 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as made. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5499, with linked reader references where each row is available.