Quick Definition
χαλκεύς, έως, ὁ n.m. a worker in brass or copper
Strong's Definition
from 5475; a copper-worker or brazier
KJV Usage: coppersmith
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χαλκεύς, -Ews, ὁ, (χαλκός), fr. Hom. down, a worker in copper or tron, a smith: 2 Tim. iv. 14 [A. V. coppersmith ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χαλκεύς chalkeus 1x
pr. a coppersmith; hence, genr. a worker in metals, smith, 2 Tim. 4:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χαλκεύς, -έως, ὁ
(< χαλκός), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc. ;]
a worker in metal, esp. a copper-smith: II Ti 4:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χαλκεύς χαλκεύς, “ἐᾷ worker in bronze” (2 Tim 412): P Tebt I. 103%% (taxing-list—B. Cc. 94 or 61) ᾿Ωφελίων χαλκεύς, P Oxy I. 11318 (ii/A.D.) διὰ τὸ τὸν χαλκέα μακρὰν ἡμῶν εἶναι, ‘ because the smith is a long way from us,” and BGU IV. 10288 (ii/a.p.) (τῷ) προεστῶτι χαλκέων κ[αὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ τειμὴν] ψαλλίδ[ων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χαλκεύς (chalkeus) — coppersmith. χαλκ-εύς, έως, ὁ: plural χαλκεῖς, Attic dialect -ῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—coppersmith, opposed to τέκτων (joiner, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. generally, worker in metal, of a goldsmith, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a worker in iron. [Refs]; hence later, blacksmith, smith (χαλκέας τοὺς τὸν σίδηρον ἐργαζομένους [LXX+5th c.BC+]
II. John Dory, Zeus faber, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; distinguished from χαλκίς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]