Topic
Skill; Skilful
33 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 26:31ISBE
¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 31:4ISBE
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- Exodus 35:32ISBE
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- Exodus 35:33ISBE
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
- Exodus 35:35ISBE
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those…
- Exodus 38:23ISBE
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
- Numbers 31:27ISBE
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
- 1 Kings 5:6ISBE
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any…
- 1 Chronicles 5:18ISBE
¶ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22ISBE
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7ISBE
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
- 1 Chronicles 28:21ISBE
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes…
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- 2 Chronicles 2:7 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 ISBE
- Psalms 33:3 ISBE
- Psalms 78:72 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 ISBE
- Song of Songs 7:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 3:3 ISBE
- Isaiah 40:20 ISBE
- Jeremiah 10:9 ISBE
- Ezekiel 21:31 ISBE
- Daniel 1:4 ISBE
- Daniel 1:17 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 13:11 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 13:13 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 1:19 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:3 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:6 ISBE
- Hebrews 5:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 39 references
skil, skil'-fool (forms of yadha` (2Ch 2:14, etc.), bin (1Ch 15:22), sakhal (Da 1:4, etc.), lamadh (1Ch 5:18), chakham (1Ch 28:21), charash (Eze 21:31), yaTabh (Ps 33:3); in Apocrypha empeiria (The Wisdom of Solomon 13:13), episteme (Sirach 1:19; 38:3,6); adverb eumathos (The Wisdom of Solomon 13:11)): As a verb "to skill," meaning to have understanding or to be dexterous, common in Elizabethan English and in the King James Version and the English Revised Version (1Ki 5:6; 2Ch 2:7 f; 34:12), is obsolete. The American Standard Revised Version substitutes such expressions as "knoweth how" (1Ki 5:6) and "were skillful with" (2Ch 34:12). As a noun the word is used in the sense of "knowledge" (Ec 9:11), "insight" (Da 1:17), and "wisdom" (1Ch 28:21). The adjective skillful is used in corresponding senses, especially in the American Standard Revised Version, where it takes the place of "cunning" (Ex 26:31; 31:4; 35:33,35; 38:23; 2Ch 2:7,13,14; So 7:1; Isa 40:20; Jer 10:9) and of "curious" (Ex 35:32), where the Hebrew chashabh suggests planning or devising, and thus what we should call "original" work. Both the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version use the word in place of "eloquent" (Isa 3:3), "right" (Ec 4:4) and "cunning" (1Ch 25:7). In the first of these instances the Hebrew word means "understanding"; in the second, it refers to the manner of doing a thing, and in the third, to the training that makes one "skilled." the Revised Version (British and American) uses the word "skilled" of those that "took the war upon them" (Nu 31:27 the King James Version). Skillfulness (Ps 78:72) is used with reference to the hands, not only in their work, but also in guiding (as, e.g., a pilot). To play well (Hebrew heTibhu naggen), is rendered "play skillfully" (Ps 33:3). "Unskillful" is used with reference to the uninitiated in the sense of "inexperienced" (Heb 5:13, apeiros).
Nathan Isaacs
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.