Téktōn — G5045

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. a worker in wood, a carpenter

Usually translated as

carpenter

Origin

from the base of G5098

• timōría (G5098)

Occurrences

Téktōn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1)

• Matthew 13:55 — Is not this the carpenter’s (τέκτονος) son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
• Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter (τέκτων), the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.