5212 arts and crafts

Artistic skills, usually practised by craftsmen and passed on from generation to generation, of which a wide variety are mentioned in Scripture.

Metalwork

Ex 39:2-3 See also Ex 31:1-5 pp Ex 35:30-33; 1Sa 13:19-21; 1Ki 7:13-14; Isa 41:7; Jer 10:9; Ac 19:23-41

Stonework

1Ki 5:17-18 See also 1Ki 6:36; 1Ki 7:9-12; 2Ki 22:3-6 pp 2Ch 34:8-11; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 2:13-14; Eze 40:42

Building

1Co 3:10-15 See also 2Ch 34:11; Ezr 3:10; Isa 9:8-10; Am 5:11; Heb 3:3-4

Pottery

Isa 41:25 See also 2Sa 17:27-29; 1Ch 4:21-23; Isa 29:16; Isa 45:9; Isa 64:8; Jer 18:1-10; Jer 19:1; Ro 9:19-21

Carpentry

Isa 44:13 See also Ge 6:14; 2Sa 5:11 pp 1Ch 14:1; 1Ki 6:31-33; 2Ki 12:10-12 pp 2Ch 24:11-12; Mt 13:54-55 pp Mk 6:2-3

Engraving

Ex 28:9-12 pp Ex 39:6-7 See also Ex 28:36-37 pp Ex 39:30-31; 1Ki 7:30-36; 2Ch 2:13-14

Dyeing

Ex 36:19 pp Ex 26:14 See also Ex 35:22-23

Weaving and embroidery

Ex 35:34-35 See also Ex 28:39-40 pp Ex 39:22-29; 2Ki 23:7; 1Ch 4:21; Isa 19:9-10; Isa 38:12

Tanning

Ac 9:43 See also Ac 10:5-6,32-33

Making idols

Lev 26:1 See also 2Ki 17:14-16; Isa 40:18-20; Isa 41:5-7; Isa 44:9-20

See also