τεχνίτης
technítēs · G5079 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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craftsman
One who customarily engages in a particular craft or occupation
ExamplesActs 19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen;
Acts 19:38 “So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are in session and proconsuls are available; have them bring charges against one another.
Hebrews 11:10 for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- τέχνηcraft 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πόλιςcity 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εὑρίσκωto find, to discover 1
- ἔχωto have 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παρέχωto cause, to give, to provide 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- δημιουργός dēmiourgós · G1217 · builder
- Greek near-synonym denoting one who practices a craft or builds; used of God as architect/builder (Heb 11:10) parallel to τεχνίτης figurative use
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἰδιώτης idiṓtēs · G2399 · layman, ordinary person, amateur
- Greek term for one without special skill or training; lexical opposite of τεχνίτης as skilled artisan versus unskilled layperson
In the other Testament 1 word
- חָרָשׁ chârâsh · H2796 · craftsman, craftsman > expert
- Hebrew equivalent denoting a skilled craftsman or artisan, commonly used in OT for workers in metal, wood, or stone; directly parallel to τεχνίτης in occupational sense
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Craftsman42.53
- Luke records that Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, “was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen” (Acts 19:24).
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τεχνίτου, ὁ (τέχνη), from Sophocles ((?), Plato), Xenophon down, the Sept. several times…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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