Art, Arts - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Art, Arts

[ 1,,G5078, techne ]
an art, handicraft, trade," is used in Acts 17:29, of the plastic art; in Acts 18:3, of a trade or craft (AV, "occupation," RV, "trade"); in Revelation 18:22, "craft" (cp. technites, "a craftsman," Eng., "technical"). See CRAFT, OCCUPATION, TRADE.

[ 2,,G4021, periergos ]
lit., "a work about" (peri, "about," ergon, "a work"), hence, "busy about trifles," is used, in the plural, of things superfluous, "curious (or magical) arts," Acts 19:19; in 1 Timothy 5:13, "busybodies." See BUSYBODY.

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