Word Study · Strong's G5078 · Greek
τέχνη
techne
tekh'-nay
Strong's 1890 spelling: téchnē
“art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill
Rendered in the KJV as
art, craft, occupation.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- τέχνης2
- τέχνῃ·1
How it is rendered · 3
- by trade;1
- craft1
- of craft1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1
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- N-GSF · 2
- N-DSF · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 17:29τέχνηςtechnēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularTherefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.here: of craft
- Acts 18:3τέχνῃ·technēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularand he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.here: by trade;