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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 there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears";

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naph'tali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill, for making any work in bronze. 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 - Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked upon the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, as well as for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except the poorest people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meo'nothai was the father of Ophrah; and Serai'ah was the father of Jo'ab the father of Ge-har'ashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoi'ada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the LORD, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone, and timber for binders and beams for the buildings 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 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sido'nians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The idol! a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals; he shapes it with hammers, and forges it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter stretches a line, he marks it out with a pencil; he fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - for the customs of the peoples are false. A tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - in Israel? A workman made it; it is not God. The calf of Sama'ria shall be broken to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves molten images, idols skilfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. Sacrifice to these, they say. Men kiss calves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - Then the LORD showed me four smiths.
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