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craft

Meaning of “craft”

Sense 1: A skilled manual occupation, trade, or employment. Sense 2: Cunning, artifice, guile, or skill used to deceive.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Daniel 8:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “craft”

KJV PCE
Daniel 8:25
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 8:25 · retained source text

And through his policie also hee shall cause craft to prosper in his hand, and hee shall magnifie himselfe in his heart, and by peace shal destroy many: he shall also stand vp against the prince of princes, but he shalbe broken without hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, prosperitie.

1611 marginal note2.Mac.6.9

Mark 14:1
AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 14:1 · retained source text

¶ After two dayes was the feast of the Passeouer, and of vnleauened bread: and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

1611 marginal noteMat. 26.2

Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 18:3 · retained source text

And because hee was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were tentmakers.)

Acts 19:27
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 19:27 · retained source text

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought: but also that the Temple of the great goddesse Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshippeth.

Revelation 18:22
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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 18:22 · retained source text

And the voyce of harpers and musitions, and of pipers, and trumpetters, shall bee heard no more at all in thee: and no craftsman, of whatsoeuer craft hee be, shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a milstone shalbe heard no more at all in thee:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Cunning, art or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit. Art; skill; dexterity in a particular manual occupation; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; trade.

volume 1, leaf 505, column 3 (noun entry)