Topic
Tent-Maker
2 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.
- Acts 18:3ISBE
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
- Acts 20:34ISBE
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
tent'-mak-er (~skenopoios): Mentioned only once (Ac 18:3). Paul's native province of Cilicia was noted for its goats' hair cloth which was exported under the name of cilicium and was used largely for tentmaking. We are told in the passage mentioned that Paul dwelt with Aquila and Priscilla, and worked with them at tent-making (compare Ac 20:34).
See also CRAFTS, II, 18.
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.