noun · masculine
technitos
Strong’sG5079
a craftsman, artisan
stem technit-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
τεχνίτης, -ου, ὁ
(< τέχνη), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc.;]
SYN.: δημιουργός, q.v., and cf. Tr., Syn., § cv
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5079 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtekh-nee'-tace
an artisan; figuratively, a founder (Creator)
Fromfrom G5078;
King Jamesbuilder, craftsman.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
artificer, craftsman, opposed to γεωργός, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ῥήτωρ, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a potter, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opposed to οἱ ἐλευθερίως πεπαιδευμένοι, NT+5th c.BC+
II one who does or handles a thing by the rules of art, skilled workman, opposed to ἄτεχνος, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἰδιώτης, Refs; opposed to ὁ ἔμπειρος, Refs 4th c.BC+; with genitive of things, τ. τῶν πολεμικῶν skilled in.., Refs 5th c.BC+; also οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τ. persons versed in religious practices, Refs; ἄνθρωπος τ. λόγων, as a sneer, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τ. or οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τ., theatrical artists, musicians as well as actors, Refs 4th c.BC+ (where τ. alone), Refs 4th c.BC+; so perhaps in οἷος τ. παραπόλλυμαι, = Latin qualis artifex pereo (Nero's last words), Refs 2nd c.AD+
III trickster, intriguer, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | technitos2×τεχνίτης | technitois1×τεχνῖται |
| object accusative | techniton | technitoin |
| direct address vocative | technitor | technitoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | technitou | technitoiu |
| to, for dative | technito | technitoi1×τεχνίταις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
technito is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
technitos“architect”subjectnominative singular2×
Hebrews 11:10… tan toin themelioin echarōntan polan, hau technitos kai dēmiourgos tos theos.… to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Revelation 18:22“craftsman”… akouiteia en si ēti, kai pantos technitos pantau technau ouk mē heuriskiteia en …… ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again …
technitois“craftsmen”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 19:38… oun Dēmētrios kai tois sun auto technitois echalō pros tinon logon, agoraiais agolō …So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the …
technitoi“craftsmen”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 19:24… poiarōntos naoin argurouoin Artemiau parechote toi technitoi ouk oligan ergasian,… Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.