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Lexicon :: Strong's G5045 - tektōn

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τέκτων
Transliteration
tektōn (Key)
Pronunciation
tek'-tone
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of τιμωρία (G5098)
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Strong’s Definitions

τέκτων téktōn, tek'-tone; from the base of G5098; an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood:—carpenter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5045 in the following manner: carpenter (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5045 in the following manner: carpenter (2x).

  1. a worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder

    1. a ship's carpenter or builder

  2. any craftsman, or workman

    1. the art of poetry, maker of songs

  3. a planner, contriver, plotter

    1. an author

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τέκτων téktōn, tek'-tone; from the base of G5098; an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood:—carpenter.
STRONGS G5045:
τέκτων, τέκτονος, ὁ (τεκεῖν, τίκτω; akin to τέχνη, τεύχω, hence, properly, 'begetter' (Curtius, § 235)), from Homer down, the Sept. for חָרָשׁ; a worker in wood, a carpenter: Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3 (see WH's Appendix on the latter passage).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:55
Mark
6:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5045 matches the Greek τέκτων (tektōn),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - (LXX 7:2) the son of a widow woman; and he was of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father was a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - (LXX 12:12) And they gave the money that had been [fn]collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - even to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, and also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand [fn]prisoners, and every artificer and [fn]smith: and only the poor of the land were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all were mighty men fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - And of them that are with thee do thou add to the multitude of workmen; let there be artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skilful workman in every work;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They gave it also to the carpenters and builders, to buy squared stones, and timber for beams to cover the houses which the kings of Juda had destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the stone-hewers and carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, and made it a similitude?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and that so that it should not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - (LXX 2:3) And the Lord shewed me four artificers.
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