Artistic skills, usually practised by craftsmen and passed on from generation to generation, of which a wide variety are mentioned in Scripture.

Exodus 39:2-3

Metalwork

See also

Exodus 31:1-5
1 Samuel 13:19-21
1 Kings 7:13-14

pp Ex 35:30-33

Isaiah 41:7
Jeremiah 10:9
Acts 19:23-41
1 Kings 5:17-18

Stonework

See also

1 Kings 6:36; 7:9-12
2 Kings 22:3-6
1 Chronicles 22:2
2 Chronicles 2:13-14

pp 2Ch 34:8-11

Ezekiel 40:42
1 Corinthians 3:10-15

Building

See also

2 Chronicles 34:11
Ezra 3:10
Isaiah 9:8-10
Amos 5:11
Hebrews 3:3-4
Isaiah 41:25

Pottery

See also

2 Samuel 17:27-29
1 Chronicles 4:21-23
Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; 64:8
Jeremiah 18:1-10; 19:1
Romans 9:19-21
Isaiah 44:13

Carpentry

See also

Genesis 6:14
2 Samuel 5:11
1 Kings 6:31-33
2 Kings 12:10-12

pp 1Ch 14:1

Matthew 13:54-55

pp 2Ch 24:11-12

pp Mk 6:2-3

Exodus 28:9-12

Engraving

See also

Exodus 28:36-37

pp Ex 39:6-7

1 Kings 7:30-36
2 Chronicles 2:13-14

pp Ex 39:30-31

Exodus 36:19

Dyeing

See also

Exodus 35:22-23

pp Ex 26:14

Exodus 35:34-35

Weaving and embroidery

See also

Exodus 28:39-40
2 Kings 23:7
1 Chronicles 4:21

pp Ex 39:22-29

Isaiah 19:9-10; 38:12
Acts 9:43

Tanning

See also

Acts 10:5-6,32-33
Leviticus 26:1

Making idols

See also

2 Kings 17:14-16
Isaiah 40:18-20; 41:5-7; 44:9-20

See also

4345 metalworkers
5211 art
5240 building
5247 carpenters
5272 craftsmen
5302 education
5305 empires
5306 engraving
5403 masons
5433 occupations
5445 potters & pottery
8768 idolatry