The corpus record

χειρο-ποίητος

cheiropoietos

made by hand, artificial

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Where it lives

Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Daniel (LXX) 3 · 2.86/10k
Isaias 7 · 2.66/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Acts 2 · 1.11/10k
Leviticus 2 · 1.07/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

made by hand, artificial, intentionally kindled

made by hand, artificial, opp. αὐτοφυής (natural), σκῆπτρον Hdt. 1.195; λίμνη 2.149; ἔργον Pl. Criti. 118c; ὁδός X. An. 4.3.5; τείχη J. BJ 4.10.5; γήλοφος, τέλμα Jul. Or. 2.63b, 65c: freq. in LXX of idols, Is. 2.18, al.; φλὸξ χ. a fire intentionally kindled, opp. ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Th. 2.77; so λιμός, opp. αὐτόματος, Procop. Arc. 26; ἀνάγκη, τέχνη, Id. Goth. 4.26, 22. Adv. χειροποιήτως Plb. 10.10.12: χ. ὠχύρωτο, opp. φύσει, J. BJ 7.8.3.

In the wild

χειροποίητον · cheiropoiēton Herodotus, Histories 1.195.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1387)
χειροποίητος · cheiropoiētos Herodotus, Histories 2.149.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2636)
χειροποιήτοις · cheiropoiētois New Testament, Acts 17.24 (DIORISIS sentence 610)
χειροποιήτοις · cheiropoiētois New Testament, Acts 7.48 (DIORISIS sentence 222)
χειροποιήτου · cheiropoiētou New Testament, Ephesians 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 15)
χειροποιήτου · cheiropoiētou New Testament, Hebrews 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 138)

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Where it came from

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