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2.
$
(
1$ $
, 5366), lit., “money-loving,” is rendered “covetous” in
the
KJV
of Luke 16:14 and 2 Tim. 3:2;
RV
, “lovers of money,” the wider and due
significance.¶
3.
$
(
1$ $
, 866), No. 2, with negative prefix, is translated
“without covetousness” in Heb. 13:5,
KJV
;
RV
, “free from the love of money.” In 1 Tim.
3:3, the
KJV
has “not covetous,” the
RV
, “no lover of money.”
Note:
Trench,
- !
Sec.24, points out the main distinction between
@
and
$
as being that between “covetousness” and avarice, the former having a much
wider and deeper sense, being “the genus of which
$
is the species.” The
“covetous” man is often cruel as well as grasping, while the avaricious man is simply
miserly and stinting.
CRAFT, CRAFTSMAN
1.
(
!
, 5078), “craft,” Rev. 18:22: see
ART
.
2.
(
&
, 5079), akin to No. 1, “an artificer, artisan, craftsman,” is
translated “craftsman” in Acts 19:24, 38 and Rev. 18:22. It is found elsewhere in Heb.
11:10 “builder”; but this is practically the same as “maker” (
$
, the next noun in
the verse; see No. 5,
Note
). Trench,
- !
Sec.qv., suggests that
brings out the
artistic side of creation, viewing God as “moulding and fashioning … the materials which
He called into existence.” This agrees with the usage of the word in the Sept. See
BUILDER
.¶
3.
(
#$ &
, 2039): see
DILIGENCE
.
4.
(
3
, 3673), “one of the same trade” (from
, “same,”
and
, see No. 1), is used in Acts 18:3 (
RV
, “trade”).¶ Cf.
, “master-
builder,” 1 Cor. 3:10.¶
5.
(
!$
, 3313), “a part, portion,” is translated “craft” in Acts 19:27,
KJV
;
“trade,”
RV
(cf.
in v. 25). See
BEHALF
,
COAST
,
PART
,
PIECE
,
PORTION
,
RESPECT
,
SORT
.
: & 4 $
, “a maker,” properly signifies one who works for the people, or
whose work stands forth to the public gaze (
, “people,”
, “work”), but this
idea has been lost in the use of the word, which came to signify “a maker,” Heb. 11:10.
This has reference to the structure, No. 2 to the design. Cf.
, “a creator.”¶
CRAFTINESS, CRAFTY
A. Noun.
$
(
$ &
, 3834), lit., “allworking,” i.e., doing everything ( , “all,”
, “work”), hence, “unscrupulous conduct, craftiness,” is always used in a bad sense
in the NT, Luke 20:23; 1 Cor. 3:19; 2 Cor. 4:2; 11:3; Eph. 4:14,
KJV
, “cunning
craftiness.” See
SUBTLETY
. ¶ In the Sept. it is used in a good sense, Prov. 1:4; 8:5;
indifferently in Num. 24:22 and Josh. 9:4.¶