τέχνη technē · G5078
skill
τέχνη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for חׇכְמָה, מַעֲשֶׂה, עֲבֹדָה ; ] ; art, craft, trade: Act.17:29 18:3, Rev.18:22 (WH, R, mg., om.).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
τέχν-η, ἡ, ; (τέκτων) art, skill, cunning of hand, especially in metalworking, []; also of a shipwright, []; of a soothsayer, []; 2 craft, cunning, in bad sense, δολίη τ. []: plural, arts, wiles, []; τέχναις τινός by his arts (or simply by his agency), []; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad trick, []; 3 way, manner, or means whereby a thing is gained, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no wise, []; ἰθέῃ τ. straightway, []; πάσῃ τ. by all means, []; παντοίᾳ τ. []; II an art, …
Where it's used 3 times
Acts 17:29 · Acts 18:3 · Revelation 18:22
Source: TBESG G5078; TFLSJ G5078
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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