ΤΕΚΤΗΝΗ, τεκτηνη
TEKTĒNĒ, tektēnē
Sounds Like: tek-TEE-nee
Translations: craftswoman, female carpenter, female builder
From the root: ΤΕΚΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a female craftsman, builder, or carpenter. It is the feminine form of the word 'tekton', which means a craftsman or artisan, often specifically a carpenter or builder. It would be used in a sentence to describe a woman who works with her hands in construction or skilled trades.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5079 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 3:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΚΤΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΚΤΟΝ — craftsman, a craftsman, builder, a builder, carpenter, a carpenter
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΑ — carpenter, craftsman, builder, artisan
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΑΣ — carpenter, a carpenter, craftsman, a craftsman, builder, a builder, artisan, an artisan
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΕΣ — craftsmen, a craftsman, builders, a builder, carpenters, a carpenter, artisans, an artisan
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΑ — of a carpenter, relating to carpentry, carpenter's, a carpenter's
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΟΣ — of a carpenter, of a craftsman, of an artisan, of a builder
- ΤΕΚΤΟΝΩΝ — of carpenters, of builders, of craftsmen, of artisans
- ΤΕΚΤΟΣΙ — (to) carpenters, (to) craftsmen, (to) builders
- ΤΕΚΤΟΣΙΝ — (to) carpenters, (to) builders, (to) craftsmen, (to) artisans
- ΤΕΚΤΩΝ — carpenter, craftsman, artisan, builder, a carpenter, a craftsman, an artisan, a builder
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