Technites means “builder” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5079 — niddah (“filthiness”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5079 τεχνίτης (technites) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. technites (tekh-nee'-tace) n. 1. an artisan 2. (figuratively) a founder (Creator) It has 17 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include builder and craftsman. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
technites (tekh-nee'-tace) n. 1. an artisan 2. (figuratively) a founder (Creator) [from G5078] KJV: builder, craftsman Root(s): G5078
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craftsman
Usage: τεχνίτης, -ου, ὁ (τέχνη), [in LXX for חָרָשׁ, etc. ;] a craftsman, artificer: Act.19:24, 38, Rev.18:22; of God (Wis.13:1), Heb.11:10.† SYN.: δημιουργός, which see, and cf. Tr., Syn., § cv (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render technites, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5079 (τεχνίτης) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan.
Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.
And of them that are with thee do thou add to the multitude of workmen; let there be artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skillful workman in every work;
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, And could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: Neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
Also the singular diligence of the artificer Did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended; And the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5079.
And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan.
Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.
And of them that are with thee do thou add to the multitude of workmen; let there be artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skillful workman in every work;
for thee to use the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?
Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: The joints of thy thighs are like chains, The work of the craftsman.
brought from Tarshish, gold will come from Uphaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet. of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.
The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried captive Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
(after the departure of Jechoniah the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem);
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, And could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: Neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
Also the singular diligence of the artificer Did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended; And the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
With a holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, And purple, the work of the embroiderer, With a breastplate of judgment, with the revealers of truth;
They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5079, grouped by book.
Technites (Strong's G5079) is a Greek word most simply glossed "builder". technites (tekh-nee'-tace) n. 1. an artisan 2. (figuratively) a founder (Creator)
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G5079 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5079 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as builder and craftsman. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5079, with linked reader references where each row is available.