GREEK · G21221
τέκταινα
tektaina — carpenter
carpenter
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Carpenter
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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)
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παραγωνίσκος
paragōniskos — a carpenter's square
a carpenter's square
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σκέπαρνον
skeparnon — a hammer
a carpenter's axe or adze , used for smoothing the trunks of trees, different from the πέλεκυς, (Odyssey by Homer) derivation uncertain (ML)
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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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τεκτονικός
tektonikos — a woodworker
practised or skilled in building , (Plato Philosophus): as Substantive a good carpenter or builder , opposite to a smith, (Xenophon Historicus): —; ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη); joiners' work, carpentry , (Plato Philosophus), etc. (ML)
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An artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1; Mark 6:3). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in 1 Sam. 13:19, 20; Judg. 4:21; Isa. 10:15; 44:13. It was said of our Lord, “Is not this the carpenter’s son?” (Matt. 13:55); also, “Is not this the carpenter?” (Mark 6:3). Every Jew, even the rabbis, learned some handicraft: Paul was a tentmaker. “In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate competence.”
Scripture references
2 Samuel 5:111 Chronicles 14:1Mark 6:31 Samuel 13:191 Samuel 13:20Judges 4:21Isaiah 10:15Isaiah 44:13Matthew 13:55
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.