ⲧⲉⲭⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ

Coptic

Craftsman in Egypt

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs).

Noun

ⲧⲉⲭⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ • (tekhnitēs) m

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic) artisan, craftsman
   • Acts 19:24

     ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⳿ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲇⲓⲙⲏⲧⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲛⲕ ϩⲁⲧ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲛⲕ ⳿ⲛϩⲁⲛⲉⲣⲫⲏⲟⲩ⳿ⲓ ⳿ⲛϩⲁⲧ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲁⲣⲧⲉⲙⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϥϯ ⳿ⲛϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⳿ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⳿ⲛⲛⲓⲧⲉⲭⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⳿ⲛϩⲁⲛⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲁⲛ...

     "For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen..."

Synonyms

• ϩⲁⲙ (ham)
• ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲓⲟⲡⲏ (referiopē)

References

• TLA lemma no. C10733 (ⲧⲉⲭⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]