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SMITH
An artificer in brass, iron, etc., first mentioned in Gen 4:22 . The art of the smith is one of the essential of civilization; and without it a nation was peculiarly defenseless in time of war, Jdg 5:8 1Sa 13:19-22 2Ki 24:14 . Workers in silver and in copper were distinguished from each other, Mal 19:24 2Ti 4:14 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
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(, charash), a workman in stone, wood, or metal, like the Lat. faber, but sometimes, more accurately defined by what follows, as , a workman in iron, a smith; Sept. , , , ; Vulg. faber and faberfjrrari-us (1Sa 13:19; Isa 44:12; Isa 54:16; 2Ki 24:14; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2). In 2Ch 24:12 workers in iron and brass are mentioned, The first smith mentioned in Scripture is Tubal-cain, whom some writers, arguing from the similarity of the names, identify with Vulcan (Gerh. Vossius, De Orig. Idolol. 1, 16). He is said to have been an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron (Gen 4:22), or, perhaps more properly, a whetter or sharpener of every instrument of copper or iron. So Montanus, acuentem omne artificium eris et ferri; Sept. ; Vulg. fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera seris et ferri. Josephus says that he first of all invented the art of making brass (Ant. 1, 2, 2). As the art of the smith is one of the first essentials to civilization, the mention of its founder was worthy of a place among the other fathers of inventions. So requisite was the trade of a smith in ancient warfare that conquerors removed these artisans from a vanquished nation, in order the more effectually to disable it. Thus the Philistines deprived the Hebrews of their smiths (1Sa 13:19; comp. Jdg 5:8). So Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, treated them in later times (2Ki 24:14; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2). With these instances the commentators compare the stipulation of Porsenna with the Roman people after the expulsion of their kings Ne ferro, nisi in agricultura, uterentur (Pliny, Hist. Nat. 31, 14). Cyrus treated the Lydians in the same manner (Herodotus, 1, 142). SEE HANDICRAFT.
, masger, smith, occurs in 2Ki 24:14; 2Ki 24:16; Sept. ; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2; Vulg. clusor, or inclusor. Buxtorf gives claustrarius, faber ferrarius. The root , to close, indicates artisans with busy hammers closing rivets up, which suits the context better than other renderings, as setters of precious stones, seal engravers, etc.:
In the New Test. we meet with Demetrius, the silversmith, at Ephesus, , a worker in silver; Vulg. argentarius; but the commentators are not agreed whether he was a manufacturer of small silver models of the Temple of Diana, , or, at least, of the chapel which contained the famous statue of the goddess, to be sold to foreigners, or used in private devotion, or taken with them by travelers as a safeguard; or whether he made large coins representing the temple and image. Beza, Scaliger, and others understand a coiner or mint master (see Kuinol, ad loc.). That the word may signify a silver founder is clear from the Sept. rendering of Jer 6:29. From Plutarch (Opp. 9, 301, 473, ed. Reisk.) and Hesychius it appears that the word signifies any worker in silver or money. A coppersmith named Alexander is mentioned as an opponent of Paul (2Ti 4:14).
Other Heb. terms substantially indicating the handicraft of a smith are: , lotesh; Sept. ; Vulg. malleator, a hammerer (A.V. instructor); a term applied to Tubal-cain in Gen 4:22 (see Gesen. Thesaur. p. 530, 755; Saalschutz, Arch. Hebr. 1, 143); and, , holem; Sept. , he that smites (A.V. smootheth) the anvil ( , , incus), Isa 41:7, A description of a smith’s workshop is given in Ecclus. 28:28. SEE MECHANIC.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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The Hebrews were not permitted by the Philistines in the days of Samuel to have a smith amongst them, lest they should make them swords and spears (1 Sam. 13:19). Thus the Philistines sought to make their conquest permanent (comp. 2 Kings 24:16).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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SMITH.See Arts and Crafts, 2.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
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smith. See CRAFTS, 10; TUBAL-CAIN.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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The word so rendered literally signifies a workman in stone, wood, or metal, but is sometimes more accurately defined by what follows. The first smith mentioned in Scripture is Tubal-Cain, whom some writers, arguing from the similarity of the names, identify with Vulcan. He is said to have been ‘an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron’ (Gen 4:22), or perhaps more properly, a whetter or sharpener of every instrument of copper or iron. As the art of the smith is one of the first essentials to civilization, the mention of its founder was worthy of a place among the other fathers of inventions. So requisite was the trade of a smith in ancient warfare, that conquerors removed these artisans from a vanquished nation, in order the more effectually to disable it. Thus the Philistines deprived the Hebrews of their smiths (1Sa 13:19; comp. Jdg 5:8). So Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, treated them in later times (2Ki 24:14; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2). In the New Testament we meet with Demetrius, ‘the silversmith,’ at Ephesus; but the commentators are not agreed whether he was a manufacturer of small silver models of the Temple of Diana, or at least of the chapel which contained the famous statue of the goddess, to be sold to foreigners, or used in private devotion, or taken with them by travelers as a safeguard; or whether he made large coins representing the temple and image. A coppersmith named Alexander is mentioned as an opponent of St. Paul (2Ti 4:14) [COAL; IRON; METALS].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
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The well-known worker in metal. When the Philistines were oppressing Israel we read “there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.” Thus the people of God were unarmed before their enemies. They had to resort to the Philistines even to sharpen their agricultural tools. 1Sa 13:19-20. This was different afterwards, for when the people were carried into captivity, smiths are named among the captives. 2Ki 24:14; 2Ki 24:16.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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A worker in metals.
Tubal-Cain
Gen 4:22
Bezaleel
Exo 31:1-11
The Philistines
1Sa 13:19
Jewish, carried captive to Babylon
2Ki 24:14; Jer 24:1
The manufacturers of Idols
Isa 41:7; Isa 44:12
Genius of, from God
Exo 31:3-5; Exo 35:30-35; Isa 54:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
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Smith. See Handicraft.