τεχνίτης, -ov, 6, (τέχνη), fr. Soph. [(?), Plato], Xen. down, Sept. several times for wn, an artificer, craftsman: Acts xix. 24, 38; Rev. xviii. 22; of God the framer of the higher and eternal course of things, Heb. xi. 10 (of God the architect of the world, Sap. xiii. 1, where ef. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. p. 234 [ef. also Trench, Syn. § ev.; Piper, Monumentale Theol. § 26]).

τεχνίτης technitēs 4x

an artisan; workman, mechanic, Acts 19:24, 38; Rev. 18:22; an architect, builder, Heb. 11:10*

τεχνίτης, -ου, ὁ

(< τέχνη), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc. ;]

a craftsman, artificer: Ac 19:24, 38, Re 18:22; of God (Wi 13:1), He 11:10.†

SYN.: δημιουργός, q.v., and cf. Tr., Syn., § cv

τεχνίτης, “craftsman,” ‘‘designer’’ (Ac 1974, a/.), is applied to God first in Alexandrian Judaism (Sap 13), and once in the NT Heb 111° (see Moffatt 706 ad /.). From the papyri we may cite PSI VII. 854! (B.c. 258-7) ἃ δὲ οὐκ ἔφασαν δύνασθα[ι] τεχνίταις, 23. 11. 152° (ii/a.D.) ot τεχνεῖται πολλὰ ψευδογραφοῦνται, P Oxy VIII. 1117} (c. Α.Ὁ. 178) τεχνειτῶν χρυσοχόων, 0. NIT. 1413 (A.D. 270-5) ἄλλα δώδεκα τάλαντα δοθήτω τοῖς τεχνείτα[ι]ς, P Gen I. 627 (iv/A.D.) τεχνίτας πρὸς τὴν ἐκκοπὴν τῶν ξύλων, and from the inserr. Sy// 540 (= 3972) (B.c. 175-172) ἐνεργῶν τεχνίταις ἱκανοῖς κατὰ τὴν τέχνην. The very rare τεχνίτευμα ‘‘ work of art,” ‘‘art,” is found in OG/S 51 (ii/B.c.) ἐκτενῶς ἑαυτὸν συνεπιδιδοὺς εἰς τὸ συναύξεσθαι τὸ τεχνίτευμα, cf. Aristeas 78 συνεχῶς ἐφ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐπιβαλλούσης τῆς διανοίας τεχνίτευμα, “‘as the mind took in one by one each detail of the execution” (Thackeray), with reference to the completion of gold and silver bowls. TKO, “*melt,” pass. “‘melt away,” as in 2 Pet 3! where, according to Hort (JWVo/es*, p. 103) τήκεται (NABKL) may be a corruption for the rare τήξεται: cf. Hippocrates vi. p. 110, ed. Littré. In C. and 8. τ. p. 150 No. 45 ἐτήκω κολαθέσα ἑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, Ramsay notes that “ ἐτήκω is probably for τήκομαι. .. ‘waste away from fever or other formless disease.’” The comp? συντηκέτωσαν occurs in P Rev 1,15 11 (B.c. 258) of melting down lard. “12

τεχνίτης (technitēs) — craftsman. τεχνῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ, artificer, craftsman, opposed to γεωργός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥήτωρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a potter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opposed to οἱ ἐλευθερίως πεπαιδευμένοι, [NT+5th c.BC+]

II. one who does or handles a thing by the rules of art, skilled workman, opposed to ἄτεχνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἰδιώτης, [Refs]; opposed to ὁ ἔμπειρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; with genitive of things, τ. τῶν πολεμικῶν skilled in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τ. persons versed in religious practices, [Refs]; ἄνθρωπος τ. λόγων, as a sneer, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τ. or οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τ., theatrical artists, musicians as well as actors, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (where τ. alone), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so perhaps in οἷος τ. παραπόλλυμαι, = Latin qualis artifex pereo (Nero's last words), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. trickster, intriguer, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]