HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2796
חָרָשׁ, חֲרָשִׁים
cha.rash — artificer
1) craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer 1a) graver, artificer 1b) skilful to destroy (warriors) (fig.)
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Artificer
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2794
חֹרֵשׁ
cho.resh — artificer
metal craftsman
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2354
חוּר
chur — Hur
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.17.10; son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Ephrathah (H0672); half-brother of: Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H); father of: Uri (H0221), Shobal (H7732H), Salma (H8007H), Hareph (H2780), Jezreel (H3157J), Ishma (H3457), Idbash (H3031), Hazzelelponi (H6753), Penuel (H6439H) and Ezer (H5829) § Hur = "hole" 1) a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron 2) grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above 3) the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor 4) father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah 5) father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5079
τεχνίτης
technitēs — craftsman
τεχνίτης, -ου, ὁ (τέχνη), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc. ;] a craftsman, artificer: Act.19:24, 38, Rev.18:22; of God (Wis.13:1), Heb.11:10.† SYN.: δημιουργός, which see, and cf. Tr., Syn., § cv (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5045
τέκτων
tektōn — craftsman
τέκτων, -ονος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for חָרָשׁ ;] an artificer in wood, stone or metal, but esp. a carpenter (see MM, xxiv): Mat.13:55, Mrk.6:3.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H525
אָמוֹן
a.mon — artisan
artificer, architect, master workman, skilled workman
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9412
τεκταίνομαι
tektainomai — to contrive
1. of a carpenter, to make, work, frame , (Iliad by Homer):—;absolute to do joiners' work , opposite to smiths' work, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. of other artificers, (Homeric Hymns) 3. metaphorically to devise, plan, contrive , especially by craft, Lat. machinari, ἐτεκτήναντ᾽ ἀπόφθεγκτόν μ᾽ they kept me from speech of them, (Euripides); πᾶν ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τεκταινέσθω (sc. Cleon) (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. later, Act. τεκταίνω, in same sense, [variant datesAnthology Palantina, (Lucian); hence participle passive τεκταινόμενος, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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A person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.