Quick Definition
art, skill, trade
Strong's Definition
art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill
Derivation: from the base of G5088 (τίκτω);
KJV Usage: art, craft, occupation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τέχνη, τέχνης, ἡ (from τεκεῖν, see τέκτων), from Homer down, art: universally, Rev_18:22 (here A. V. craft); of the plastic art, Act_17:29; of a trade (as often in Greek writings), Act_18:3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τέχνη technē 3x
art, skill, Act_17:29 ; an art, trade, craft, Act_18:3 ; Rev_18:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τέχνη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H2451 , H4639 , H5656 ;]
art, craft, trade: Act_17:29 ; Act_18:3 , Rev_18:22 ( WH , R , mg ., om .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τέχνη [page 632]
For the meaning trade, profession, as in Act_18:3 , cf. PSI VII. 854 .12 (B.C. 258 7) διδάξα̣ι τὴν τέχνην , P Tebt II. 316 .90 (A.D. 99) τ <έ >χνη ( l . τέχνῃ ) ἁλιεὺς ποτάμι <ο >ς , a river fisherman by trade, P Oxy X. 1263 .14 (A.D. 128 9) χρήσασθαι τῇ τῶν ἐργ [ατῶν ] ποταμοῦ τέχ [νῃ , to practise the trade of a river worker (Edd.), ib . XIV. 1647 .13 (contract of apprenticeship late ii/A.D.) πρ [ὸ ]ς μάθησιν τῆς γερδι [α ]κῆς τέχνης , to learn the trade of weaving, ib . I. 40 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰατρὸς ὑπάρχων τὴ [ν τέ ]χνην , being a doctor by profession, and ib . 83 .4 (A.D. 327) ὀωπώλου τὴν τέχνην , an egg-seller by trade. In ib . VII. 1029 .26 (A.D. 107) certain hieroglyphic inscribers make a declaration μηδὲ ἔχει [ν ] μαθητὰς ἢ ἐπιξένους χρωνωύμένους τῇ τέχνῃ εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν , that we have no apprentices or strangers carrying on the art down to the present day (Ed.) : cf. Act_17:29 .
For the sense of artifice cf. P Oxy XII. 1468 .5 ( c . A.D. 258) τοῖς κακουργεῖν προχείρως ἔχουσιν τέχνῃ , to those who are ready to commit crimes by artifice : cf. Kaibel 38 .2 (iv/A.D.) τέχνηι , οὐχὶ φύσει .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τέχνη τέχνη, ἡ, [Etym: τίκτω] "art, skill, craft in work, cunning of hand", esp. of metal-working, Od. ; of a shipwright, Il. ; of a soothsayer, Aesch. , Soph. "art, craft, cunning", in bad sense, δολίη τ. Od. ; in pl. "arts, wiles, cunning devices", id=Od. , etc. "the way, manner or means whereby a thing is gained", without any sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τέχνῃ in no "wise", Hdt. ; πάσῃ τέχνῃ by all "means", Ar. ; παντοίῃ τ. Soph. "an art, craft, trade", ἐπίστασθαι τὴν τ. to know his "craft", Hdt. ; ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ εἶναι "to practise" it, Soph. ; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μανθάνειν τι to learn a thing "professionally", Plat. ; τέχνην ποιεῖσθαί τι to make "a trade" of it, Dem. "an art", i. e. "a system or method of making or doing", Plat. , Arist. ; ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ Plat. ; μετὰ τέχνης, ἄνευ τέχνης id=Plat. = τέχνημα, "a work of art, handiwork", Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τέχνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for חׇכְמָה, מַעֲשֶׂה, עֲבֹדָה ;]
art, craft, trade: Act.17:29 18:3, Rev.18:22 (WH, R, mg., om.).†
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