τεχνῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
artificer, craftsman, opp. γεωργός, X. Oec. 6.6, Arist. Pol. 1262b26, al.; opp. ῥήτωρ, Emp. ap. Thphr. Sens. 11; of a potter, PCair.Zen. 500.2, 3 (iii B.C.); τεχνῖται οἱ χρήσιμόν τι ποιεῖν ἐπιστάμενοι, opp. οἱ ἐλευθερίως πεπαιδευμένοι, X. Mem. 2.7.4, 5, cf. [Act 19:24]: metaph., πόλις ἧς τ. καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός [Heb 11:10], cf. LXX Wi. 13.1.
II one who does or handles a thing by the rules of art, skilled workman, opp. ἄτεχνος, Pl. Sph. 219a, cf. Hp. VM 4, Arist. Rh. 1397b23, Gal. 6.155, 18(2).245; opp. ἰδιώτης, Id. 6.204; opp. ὁ ἔμπειρος, Arist. Metaph. 981b31; c. gen. rei, τ. τῶν πολεμικῶν skilled in.., X. Lac. 13.5; also οἱ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τ. persons versed in religious practices, Id. Cyr. 8.3.11; ἄνθρωπος τ. λόγων, as a sneer, Aeschin. 1.170; οἱ Διονυσιακοὶ τ. or οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τ., theatrical artists, musicians as well as actors, D. 19.192 (where τ. alone), Arist. Rh. 1405a24, Pr. 956b11, SIG 399.12 (Amphict. Delph., iii B.C.), CIG 2619, al. (Cyprus), OGI 50 (Egypt, iii B.C.), Plb. 16.21.8, Posidon. 36 J., etc.; so perh. in οἷος τ. παραπόλλυμαι, = Lat. qualis artifex pereo (Nero’s last words), D.C. 63.29.
III trickster, intriguer, Luc. DMort. 13.5.
τεχνίτης technitēs 4x
an artisan; workman, mechanic, [Act 19:24]; [Act 19:38]; [Rev 18:22];
an architect, builder, [Heb 11:10]
G5079 — τεχνίτης
τεχνίτου, ὁ (τέχνη), from Sophocles ((?), Plato), Xenophon down, the Sept. several times for חָרָשׁ, an artificer, craftsman: [Act 19:24], [Act 19:38]; [Rev 18:22]; of God the framer of the higher and eternal course of things, [Heb 11:10] (of God the architect of the world, Wis. 13:1, where cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch., p. 234 (cf. also Trench, Synonyms, § cv.; Piper, Monumentale Theol. § 26)).
τεχνίτης , - ου , ὁ
( < τέχνη ),
[in LXX for H2796, etc.;]
a craftsman, artificer: [Act 19:24]; [Act 19:38], [Rev 18:22]; of God ( Wis 13:1 ), [Heb 11:10]. †
SYN.: δημιουργός G1217, q.v. , and cf. Tr., Syn. , § cv.