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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τέκτων G5045
Pronunciation téktōn
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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Questions this entry answers
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 It carpenter 1× Mark 6:3
carpenter’s 1× Matthew 13:55
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:55
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
τέκτονος 1x tektonos Matthew 13:55
τέκτων 1x tektōn Mark 6:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 13:55
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 6:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A skilled worker in wood, stone, or metal; primarily a carpenter, not mere laborer.
Strong's G5045
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
craftsman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 13:55 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τέκτονος tektonov
a carpenter
Read verse Mark 6:3 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 6:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:55 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Mark 6:1–6 τέκτων téktōn
craftsman, carpenter
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Word Origins
τέκτων is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain