Quick Definition
τέχνη, ης, ἡ n.f. art, skill, trade
Strong's Definition
from the base of 5088; art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill
KJV Usage: art, craft, occupation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
42.51 · Perform, Do · Craft, Trade
craft, occupation an activity involving specialized training and skill In a number of languages there is no special term for ‘craft,’ but an equivalent of this clause in ACT 18:3 may be rendered as ‘for their work was making tents’ or ‘they earned money making tents’ or ‘they customarily made tents.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τέχνη, -ns, ἡ, (fr. τεκεῖν, see τέκτων), fr. Hom. down, art: univ. Rey. xviii. 22 [here A. V. craft]; of the plastie art, Acts xvii. 29; of a (rade (as often in Grk. writ.), Acts xviii. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τέχνη technē 3x
art, skill, Acts 17:29; an art, trade, craft, Acts 18:3; Rev. 18:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τέχνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for חׇכְמָה, מַעֲשֶׂה, עֲבֹדָה ;]
art, craft, trade: Ac 17:29 18:3, Re 18:22 (WH, R, mg., om.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τέχνη. For the meaning ‘‘trade,” ‘‘profession,’”’ as in Ac 18%, cf. PSI VII. 8541? (B.c. 258-7) διδάξαι τὴν τέχνην, P Tebt II, 316% (A.D. 99) T<€>xXvy (4 τέχνῃ) ἁλιεὺς ποτάpt<o>s, ‘‘a river fisherman by trade,’’ P Oxy X. 12631# (A.D. 128-9) χρήσασθαι τῇ τῶν épy[atav] ποταμοῦ τέχ[νῃ, “to practise the trade of a river worker” (Edd.), 74. XIV. 16471 (contract of apprenticeship—late ii/A.D.) mp[d]s μάθησιν τῆς γερδι[α]κῆς τέχνης, ‘‘to lcarn the trade of I. 40° (ii/iii A.D.) ἰατρὸς ὑπάρχων τὴϊν and 76. 831 > weaving,’ 7d. té]xvnv, “‘being a doctor by profession,” > » Z. τ - " 3, (A.D. 327) ὀωπώλου τὴν τέχνην, “ἀπ egg-seller by trade.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τέχνη (technē) — skill. τέχν-η, ἡ, (τέκτων) art, skill, cunning of hand, especially in metalworking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of a shipwright, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a soothsayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. craft, cunning, in bad sense, δολίη τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, arts, wiles, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέχναις τινός by his arts (or simply by his agency), [Refs]; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad trick, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. way, manner, or means whereby a thing is gained, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰθέῃ τ. straightway, [Refs]; πάσῃ τ. by all means, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντοίᾳ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. an art, craft, πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν τ. ἐπίστασθαι to know the craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύτην τέχνην ἔχει he makes this his trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶναι practise it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μαθεῖν τι to learn a thing professionally, opposed to ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένοι having made a trade of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέχνας ἀσκεῖν, μελετᾶν, ἐργάζεσθαι, to practise them,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰατρὸς τὴν τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῇ τ., of a barber, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; παραμενῶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς τ. (i.e. weaving) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ τεχνῶν τρέφεσθαι live by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. an art or craft, i.e. a set of rules, system or method of making or doing, whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. the [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τὰς τ. τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες systems of rhetoric, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence title of various treatises on Rhetoric (see. VI; but rather tricks of Rhetoric, in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέχνῃ by rules of art, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνευ τέχνης, μετὰ τέχνης, [Refs]: τ. defined as ἕξις ὁδοποιητική, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. ={τέχνημα}, work of art, handiwork, κρατῆρες.., ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. ={συντεχνία, ἡ τ. τῶν λιθουργῶν, τῶν σακκοφόρων}, Dumont-Homolle “Mélanges d' archéol. et d' épigr.” [Refs]; τοὺς καταλειπομένους ἀπὸ τῇς τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ χαλκεὺς ἀπὸ τῆς τ. [Refs]
VI. treatise on Grammar, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]