Quick Definition
a carpenter
Strong's Definition
an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood
Derivation: from the base of G5098 (τιμωρία);
KJV Usage: carpenter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τέκτων, τέκτονος, ὁ (τεκεῖν, τίκτω; akin to τέχνη, τεύχω, hence, properly, 'begetter' (Curtius, § 235)), from Homer down, the Sept. for ηΘψΘωΡ; a worker in wood, a carpenter: Mat_13:53; Mar_6:3 (see WH's Appendix on the latter passage).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τέκτων tektōn 2x
an artisan; and spc. one who works with wood, a carpenter, Mat_13:55 ; Mar_6:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τέκτων , -ονος , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2796 ;]
an artificer in wood, stone or metal, but esp . a carpenter ( v. MM , xxiv): Mat_13:55 , Mar_6:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τέκτων [page 628]
The ordinary limitation of this word to a worker in wood, a carpenter, as in Mat_13:55 , Mar_6:3 , is supported by P Fay 110 .28 (A.D. 94) τὰς θύρας ἐπιστησάτωσαν οἱ τέκτονες , let the carpenters put up the doors (Edd.), P Flor II. 152 .9 (letter regarding the conveyance of wood A.D. 268) τῷ τέκτονι τὴν συνήθη δ [α ]πάνην , cf. ib . 158 .1 (iii/A.D.), and P Oxy I. 53 .2 (A.D. 316), a report παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν τεκτόνων , from the guild of carpenters at Oxyrhynchus regarding a persea tree they had been commissioned to examine.
Other exx. of the word are P Fay 122 .19 ( c . A.D. 100) ἀπαναγκάσεις Σισόιν τὸν τ [έκ ]τ̣ο̣να̣ ἀποτῖσαι , make Sisois the carpenter pay up (Edd.), Ostr 1597 (ii/A.D.) δὸς τοῖς τέκτοσι ζεύγη ἄρτων δέκα ἕν , P Oxy I. 121 .25 (iii/A.D.) τοὺς τέκτονες (= ας ) μὴ ἀφῇς ὅλως ἀργῆσε (= σαι ), don t allow the carpenters to be wholly idle (Edd.), PSI VII. 809 .4 (iv/A.D.) Φοιβάμμονι τέκτονι ἐργ (αζομένῳ ) εἰς . . ., and ib . 774 .10 (v/A.D.) τέκτων εἴτε κεραμεύς . In Herodas IV. 22 the craftsman (τέκτων ) is a sculptor. Cf. s.v . ἀρχιτέκτων .
For the adj. see P Oxy IV. 729 .12 (A.D. 137), P Flor I. 16 .24 (A.D. 239) τεκτονικῶν μισθῶν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τέκτων τέκτων, ονος, ὁ, [Etym: τίκτω] "any worker in wood", esp. "a carpenter, joiner", Hom. , etc.; opp. to "a smith" (χαλκεύς), Plat. , Xen. ; to "a mason" (λιθολόγος), Thuc. , etc. generally, "any craftsman or workman", τ. κεραοξόος "a worker" in horn, Il. ; of a "metal-worker", Eur. ; "a sculptor", Soph. , Eur. "a master in any art", Pind. ; τ. νωδυνιᾶν, i. e. a physician, id=Pind. metaph. "a maker, author", νεικέων Aesch. ; κακῶν Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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