ΕΚΤΟΝ, εκτον
EKTON, ekton
Sounds Like: TEK-tohn
Translations: craftsman, a craftsman, builder, a builder, carpenter, a carpenter
From the root: ΤΕΚΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a craftsman, builder, or carpenter. It is used to describe someone who works with their hands, often in construction or skilled trades. In the provided examples, it appears in various inflected forms, such as 'ΤΕΚΤΟΝΟΣ' (of a craftsman) and 'ΤΕΚΤΟΝΩΝ' (of craftsmen). The form 'ΕΚΤΟΝ' is likely a misspelling or a garbled version of 'ΤΕΚΤΩΝ' or one of its inflected forms, as 'ΤΕΚΤΩΝ' is a common word in Koine Greek, while 'ΕΚΤΟΝ' is not recognized.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5079 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:228
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:63
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 3:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 1:7
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.
- ΤΕΚΤΗΝΗ — craftswoman, female carpenter, female builder
- 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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