Handicraft
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(; 19:25; ) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a necessary part of their education. Even the greatest rabbis maintained themselves by trades (Delitzsch). Says Rabbi Jehuda, “He who does not teach his son a trade is much the same as if he taught him to be a thief”. In the present article brief notice only can be given of such handicraft trades as are mentioned in Scripture.
Where it appears
Genesis 4:22 Genesis 6:14 Genesis 11:3 Genesis 24:22, 53 Genesis 35:4 Genesis 38:18 Exodus 30:25, 35 Exodus 35:20, 26 Exodus 37 Leviticus 19:19 Leviticus 22:11 Numbers 6:5, 19 Joshua 2:15-18 Judges 16:14 1 Samuel 13:19 1 Samuel 17:7 2 Samuel 5:11 2 Samuel 12:31 1 Kings 5:18 1 Kings 6:7 1 Kings 9:26, 27 1 Kings 22:48 2 Kings 1:8 2 Kings 23:7 2 Chronicles 16:14 2 Chronicles 20:36, 37 2 Chronicles 26:14 Nehemiah 3:8 Job 7:6 Proverbs 31:13, 14 Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 10:1 Isaiah 41:7 Isaiah 44:12, 13 Isaiah 54:16 Jeremiah 18:2-6 Jeremiah 37:21 Ezekiel 5:1 Ezekiel 13:10 Ezekiel 16:16 Ezekiel 27:9 Hosea 7:4 Matthew 3:4 Matthew 8:23 Matthew 9:1 Matthew 13:55 Matthew 23:27 Mark 6:3 John 21:3, 8 Acts 9:43 Acts 18:3 Acts 19:25 1 Corinthians 10:25 Revelation 18:22
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) and Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) are in the public domain; the entries are arranged with their verse references by the Bible Dictionary Dataset (CC BY 4.0).
