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carpenter

Meaning of “carpenter”

One who works and builds with wood.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 41:7

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Every verse containing “carpenter”

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Isaiah 41:7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:7 · retained source text

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anuill, saying; It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nayles that it should not be moued.

1611 marginal noteOr founder.

1611 marginal noteOr, the smiting.

1611 marginal noteOr, saying of the soder, it is good.

Isaiah 44:13
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:13 · retained source text

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule: he maketh it out with the line: he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasse, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beautie of a man; that it may remaine in the house.

Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 6:3 · retained source text

Is not this the carpenter, the sonne of Mary, the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iuda, and Simon? And are not his sisters heere with vs? And they were offended at him.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, and of ships.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 352