skill

Greek Noun Female

τέχνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for חׇכְמָה, מַעֲשֶׂה, עֲבֹדָה;] art, craft, trade: Act.17:29 18:3, Rev.18:22 (WH, R, mg, om.). (AS)

skill

Greek Noun Female

τέχν-η, ἡ, (τέκτων) art, skill, cunning of hand, especially in metalworking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of a shipwright, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a soothsayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) craft, cunning, in bad sense, δολίη τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, arts, wiles, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέχναις τινός by his arts (or simply by his agency), [Refs]; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad trick, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) way, manner, or means whereby a thing is gained, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰθέῃ τ. straightway, [Refs]; πάσῃ τ. by all means, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντοίᾳ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) an art, craft, πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν τ. ἐπίστασθαι to know the craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύτην τέχνην ἔχει he makes this his trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶναι practise it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μαθεῖν τι to learn a thing professionally, opposed to ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένοι having made a trade of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέχνας ἀσκεῖν, μελετᾶν, ἐργάζεσθαι, to practise them,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰατρὸς τὴν τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῇ τ, of a barber, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; παραμενῶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς τ. (i.e. weaving) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ τεχνῶν τρέφεσθαι live by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) an art or craft, i.e. a set of rules, system or method of making or doing, whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. the [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τὰς τ. τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες systems of rhetoric, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence title of various treatises on Rhetoric (see. VI; but rather tricks of Rhetoric, in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέχνῃ by rules of art, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνευ τέχνης, μετὰ τέχνης, [Refs]: τ. defined as ἕξις ὁδοποιητική, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) ={τέχνημα}, work of art, handiwork, κρατῆρες, ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) ={συντεχνία, ἡ τ. τῶν λιθουργῶν, τῶν σακκοφόρων}, Dumont-Homolle “Mélanges d' archéol. et d' épigr.” [Refs]; τοὺς καταλειπομένους ἀπὸ τῇς τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ χαλκεὺς ἀπὸ τῆς τ. [Refs] VI) treatise on Grammar, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill; art, craft, occupation; from the base of g5088 (τίκτω)