- Transliteration: Tekton

- Phonetic: tek'-tone

- Definition:

1. a worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder

a. a ship's carpenter or builder

2. any craftsman, or workman

a. the art of poetry, maker of songs

3. a planner, contriver, plotter

a. an author

- Origin: from the base of G5098" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5098

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the base of G5098" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5098; an artificer (as producer of fabrics) that is (specifically) a craftsman in wood: - carpenter.