Strong’s G5471 · Greek

χαλκεύς
chalkeús

Definition

a copper-worker or brazier

Etymology

from G5475 (χαλκός);

Where the KJV renders it

  • coppersmith

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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