Strong’s G5045 · Greek

τέκτων
téktōn

Definition

an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood

Etymology

from the base of G5098 (τιμωρία);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • carpenter

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.