ἀρχιτέκτων
architéktōn · G753 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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expert builder, master builder
One who is a master or expert builder
Examples1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σοφόςwise 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- τεχνίτης technítēs · G5079 · craftsman
- Greek τεχνίτης denotes a skilled craftsman or artisan. While ἀρχιτέκτων specifically emphasizes the master builder or architect who designs and oversees construction, τεχνίτης is the broader term for one skilled in a craft or art. The two overlap in the domain of skilled construction work, with ἀρχιτέκτων being more specialized to architectural design and oversight.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Expert builder, master builder45.10
- Used figuratively by Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:10 of his own role in laying the foundation of the church at Corinth.
Word family 24 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀρχιτεκτονος, ὁ (τέκτων, which see), a master-builder, architect, the superintendent in…
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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