Calker

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) One who calks.

(2): (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( מִחֲזִיק בֶּדֶק , Machazik' Be'Dek, a Repairer Of The Breach, as in  2 Kings 12:8;  2 Kings 22:5; Sept. and Vulg. translate at random, Οῦτοι Ἐνίσχυον Τὴν Βουλήν , habuerunt nautas ad ministerium varice supellectilis),a workman skilled in stopping the seams of the deck or sides of a vessel, which appears to be the correct idea of the passages ( Ezekiel 27:9;  Ezekiel 27:27) where the inhabitants of Gebal (or Byblus) are said to have been employed in this capacity on the Tyrian vessels. (See Tyre); (See Navigation).

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