craftsman

Greek Noun Male

τέκτων, -ονος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for חָרָשׁ;] an artificer in wood, stone or metal, but esp. a carpenter (see MM, xxiv): Mat.13:55, Mrk.6:3. (AS)

craftsman

Greek Noun Male

τέκτων, ονος, ὁ (feminine in [Refs 5th c.BC+], worker in wood, carpenter, joiner, τέκτονες ἄνδρες, οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νηῶν, δούρων τ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: it is frequently opposed to to a smith (χαλκεύς), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a mason (λιθολόγος), [Refs 5th c.BC+] —but also, 2) generally, any craftsman or workman, κεραοξόος τ. a worker in horn, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely of metal-workers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sculptor, statuary, [Refs] 3) master in any art, as in gymnastics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of poets, τέκτονες σοφοὶ (i.e. ἐπέων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέκτονες κώμων, i.e. the χορευταί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. νωδυνίας, i.e. a physician, [Refs]; δεξιᾶς χερὸς ἔργον, δικαίας τέκτονος a true workman, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) metaphorically, maker, author, νεικέων [Refs]; κακῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γένους the author of a race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ψευδῶν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit ták[snull]an- 'carpenter', ták[snull]ati, tā[snull][tnull]i 'form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop', Lett. test, tēst 'hew, plane', etc: compare τέχνη.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood; carpenter; from the base of g5098 (τιμωρία)