Bible Dictionaries
Carpenter
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; Mark 6:3 ). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:19,20; Judges 4:21; Isaiah 10:15; 44:13 . It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" (Matthew 13:55 ); also, "Is not this the carpenter?" (Mark 6:3 ). Every Jew, even the rabbis, learned some handicraft: Paul was a tentmaker. "In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate competence." Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Carpenter'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​c/carpenter.html. 1897.