Coppersmith

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Timothy 4:14

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

COPPERSMITH ( 2 Timothy 4:14 ). See Alexander, Arts and Crafts, § 2 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A general worker in common metals, especially in copper or its alloys. 2 Timothy 4:14 . In Genesis 4:22 the same word in the LXX refers to a worker in brass and iron.

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kop´ẽr -smith ( χαλκεύς , chalkeús ): The word is found in New Testament once only, in 2 Timothy 4:14 : "Alexander the coppersmith did (margin "showed") me much evil." As the Bible word rendered "copper" (see Ezra 8:27 the King James Version) is translated "brass" by the Revised Version (British and American), so the word here rendered "c." should be rendered "brazier," or "worker in brass." See Copper .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(χαλκεύς, q. d. brazier, from χαλκός, copper), a worker in metals of any kind, a smith (Hesych. s.v.); a sense in which the word is used in other Greek writings (Hom. Od. 9:391). Alexander, an opponent of Paul, is designated as being of this trade (2 Timothy 4:14). (See Mechanic).