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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 Box 1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 -

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make [fn]swords or spears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

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Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of wood and craftsmen of stone walls; and they built a house for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, which was weighed out, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and they [fn]paid it out to the craftsmen of wood and the builders who worked on the house of Yahweh;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - to the craftsmen and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - Then he took away into exile all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None was left except the poorest people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - Now all the valiant men, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all mighty men who could wage war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 -

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah,

and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of [fn]Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all men who are [fn]wise in every kind of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and [fn]carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also craftsmen in iron and bronze to [fn]repair the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They in turn gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders to buy hewn stone and timber for clamps and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 -

Will they not wander in error who devise evil?

But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

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As for the graven images, a craftsman casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,

And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

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He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution

Chooses a tree that does not rot;

He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman

To [fn]prepare a graven image that will not be shaken.

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So the craftsman strengthens the smelter,

And he who smooths metal with the hammer strengthens him who beats the anvil,

Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;

And he strengthens it with nails,

So that it will not be shaken.

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The man crafts iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful arm. He also gets hungry and has no power; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - Another crafts wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with [fn]a stylus. He makes it with planes and outlines it with a compass and makes it like the form of a man, like the glory of man, so that it may sit in a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

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For the statutes of the peoples are vanity

Because it is wood cut from the forest,

The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

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For from Israel is even this!

A craftsman made it, so it is not God;

Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

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And now they sin more and more

And make for themselves molten images,

Idols made from their silver according to their understanding,

All of them the work of craftsmen.

They are saying of them, “Let the [fn]men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
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