KJV dictionary & concordance
A skilled worker or craftsman who makes things by an art or craft.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 4:22
Complete exact-word concordance
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructer of euery artificer in brasse and iron: and the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. whetter.
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent oratour.
1611 marginal noteHebr. A man eminent in countenance.
1611 marginal noteOr, skilfull of speech.
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Historical English dictionary sources
[Latin artifex, from ars, and facio.] 1. An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind; as a silversmith, or sadler. 2. One who makes or contrives; an inventor; as an artificer of fraud or lies. 3. A cunning, or artful fellow. [not used.]
