Quick Definition
a craftsman, artisan
Strong's Definition
an artisan; figuratively, a founder (Creator)
Derivation: from G5078 (τέχνη);
KJV Usage: builder, craftsman
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεχνίτης, τεχνίτου, ὁ (τέχνη), from Sophocles ((?), Plato), Xenophon down, the Sept. several times for ηΘψΘωΡ, an artificer, craftsman: Act_19:24; Act_19:38; Rev_18:22; of God the framer of the higher and eternal course of things, Heb_11:10 (of God the architect of the world, Wis_13:1, where cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch., p. 234 (cf. also Trench, Synonyms, § cv.; Piper, Monumentale Theol. § 26)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τεχνίτης technitēs 4x
an artisan; workman, mechanic, Act_19:24 ; Act_19:38 ; Rev_18:22 ;
an architect, builder, Heb_11:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τεχνίτης , -ου , ὁ
( <τέχνη ),
[in LXX for H2796 , etc.;]
a craftsman, artificer: Act_19:24 ; Act_19:38 , Rev_18:22 ; of God ( Wis_13:1 ), Heb_11:10 .†
SYN.: δημιουργός G1217 , q.v. , and cf. Tr., Syn. , § cv.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τεχνίτης [page 633]
craftsman, designer ( Act_19:24 , al .), is applied to God first in Alexandrian Judaism (Sap 13:1), and once in the NT Heb_11:10 (see Moffatt ICC ad l .). From the papyri we may cite PSI VII. 854 .4 (B.C. 258 7) ἃ δὲ οὐκ ἔφασαν δ̣ύνασθ̣α̣[ι ] τεχνίταις , ib . II. 152 .6 (ii/A.D.) οἱ τεχνεῖται πολλὰ ψευδογραφοῦνται , P Oxy VIII. 1117 .12 ( c . A.D. 178) τεχνειτῶν χρυσοχόων , ib . XII. 1413 .27 (A.D. 270 5) ἄλλα δώδεκα τάλαντα δοθήτω τοῖς τεχνείτα [ι ]̓ , P Gen I. 62 .7 (iv/A.D.) τεχνίτας πρὸς τὴν ἐκκοπὴν τῶν ξύλων , and from the inscrr. Syll 540 (= .3 972 ) .14 (B.C. 175 172) ἐνεργῶν τεχνίταις ἱκανοῖς κατὰ τὴν τέχνην .
The very rare τεχνίτευμα work of art, art, is found in OGIS 51 .12 (ii/B.C.) ἐκτενῶς ἑαυτὸν συνεπιδιδοὺς εἰς τὸ συναύξεσθαι τὸ τεχνίτευμα , cf. Aristeas 78 συνεχῶς ἐφ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐπιβαλλούσης τῆς διανοίας τεχνίτευμα , as the mind took in one by one each detail of the execution (Thackeray), with reference to the completion of gold and silver bowls.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τεχνίτης τεχνί_της, ου, ὁ, [Etym: τέχνη] "an artificer, artisan, craftsman, skilled workman", Plat. , etc.:—c. gen. rei, "skilled in" a thing, Xen. ; also τι or περί τι id=Xen. "a trickster, intriguer", Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τεχνίτης, -ου, ὁ
(τέχνη), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc. ;]
a craftsman, artificer: Act.19:24, 38, Rev.18:22; of God (Wis.13:1), Heb.11:10.†
SYN.: δημιουργός, which see, and cf. Tr., Syn., § cv (AS)