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carpenters

Meaning of “carpenters”

Artificers who work in timber; framers and builders of houses, ships, or other wooden structures.

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9 occurrences9 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Samuel 5:11

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Every verse containing “carpenters”

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2 Samuel 5:11
¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 5:11 · retained source text

¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, and carpenters, and Masons: and they built Dauid an house.

1611 marginal noteHebr. hewers of the stone of the wall.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 14.1.

2 Kings 12:11
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:11 · retained source text

And they gaue the money, being told, into the handes of them that did the worke, that had the ouersight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought vpon the house of the LORD,

1611 marginal noteHebr. brought it foorth.

2 Kings 22:6
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 22:6 · retained source text

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewen stone, to repaire the house.

1 Chronicles 14:1
NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 14:1 · retained source text

¶ Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and timber of Cedars, with masons, and carpenters to build him an house.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 5.11. &c.

2 Chronicles 24:12
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:12 · retained source text

And the king and Iehoiada gaue it to such as did the worke of the seruice of the house of the LORD, and hired Masons and carpenters to repaire the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought yron and brasse to mend the house of the LORD.

Ezra 3:7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
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1611 witness · Ezra 3:7 · retained source text

They gaue money also vnto the masons, and to the carpenters, and meate, and drinke, and oyle, vnto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring Cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Ioppa: according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

1611 marginal noteOr, workemen.

1611 marginal noteActs 9.3.

Jeremiah 24:1
THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:1 · retained source text

¶ The LORD shewed mee, and behold, two baskets of figges were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon had caried away captiue Ieconiah the sonne of Iehoiakim king of Iudah, and the princes of Iudah, with the carpenters and smiths from Ierusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

1611 marginal note2.Kings. 24. 2.chron. 36.10.

Jeremiah 29:2
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:2 · retained source text

(After that Ieconiah the king, and the queene, and the eunuches, the princes of Iudah and Ierusalem, and the carpenters and the smithes were departed from Ierusalem)

1611 marginal noteOr, chamberleines.

1611 marginal note2.King. 24.12, &c.

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