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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 found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them 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, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner 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 such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of 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? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
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