[kahr-puh
n-ter] 
| 1. | a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving. |
| 2. | to do carpenter's work. |
| 3. | to make by carpentry. |
| 4. | to construct (a plot, scene, article, or the like) in a mechanical or unoriginal fashion. |
[kahr-puhn-ter] | 1. | John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer. |
| 2. | (Malcolm) Scott, born 1925, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer. |
| car·pen·ter (kär'pən-tər) n. A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures. v. car·pen·tered, car·pen·ter·ing, car·pen·ters v. tr. To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures). v. intr. To work as a carpenter. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin carpentārius (artifex), (maker) of a carriage, from carpentum, a two-wheeled carriage, of Celtic origin; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] car'pen·try (-trē) n. |
Carpenter
an artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1; Mark 6:3). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in 1 Sam. 13:19, 20; Judg. 4:21; Isa. 10:15; 44:13. It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" (Matt. 13:55); also, "Is not this the carpenter?" (Mark 6:3). Every Jew, even the rabbis, learned some handicraft: Paul was a tentmaker. "In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate competence."
