What does τέκτων (téktōn) mean in the Bible?
τέκτων (téktōn): A skilled worker in wood, stone, or metal; primarily a carpenter, not mere laborer.
Greek · G5045
τέκτων
Craftsman
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τέκτωνG5045
Pronunciationtéktōn
What does τέκτων (téktōn) mean in the Bible?
τέκτων (téktōn): A skilled worker in wood, stone, or metal; primarily a carpenter, not mere laborer.
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How does the BSB render G5045?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include carpenter (1), carpenter’s (1).
Where does τέκτων (téktōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:55. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcarpenter1×Mark 6:3
carpenter’s1×Matthew 13:55
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 13:55
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
τέκτονος1xtektonosMatthew 13:55
τέκτων1xtektōnMark 6:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xMatthew 13:55
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xMark 6:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A skilled worker in wood, stone, or metal; primarily a carpenter, not mere laborer.
Strong'sG5045
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
craftsman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:55Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τέκτονοςtektonov
a carpenter
Read verseMark 6:3Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
τέκτων,tektwn
a carpenter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMark 6:31×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 13:551×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Mark 6:1–6τέκτωνtéktōn
craftsman, carpenter
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Word Origins
τέκτων is built from this root:
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