Lexicon
σκηνοποιός
skēnopoios
G4635
G:N-M Greek

tentmaker

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Skenopoios denotes people identified by the trade through which they worked together.

The attested use identifies a group by its shared trade and the work associated with it.

Senses in use

  1. People of a shared trade · dominant

    In Acts 18:3, the nominative masculine plural form identifies those described as being of the same trade; the APB renders the clause, "he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 18:3, the APB presents the term within the statement that they "were tentmakers by trade." The verse supports the occupational setting without isolating every element of the term's contribution.

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