Term used for any artificer. De 27:15; 2Ki 24:14,16; 1Ch 4:14; Ne 11:35; Ho 13:2; Ac 19:24,38; Re 18:22.
for one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made little models of Diana's temple, and so furnish'd a deal of employment to the workmen in that trade,
if Demetrius and the other artists, that are with him, can lay their action against any man, the law is open, and the proconsul is near; let them begin their process.
the musick of the harp, of the flute, and of the trumpet, shall never be heard again in thee: no artist of any kind shall be found again in thee; the sound of a milstone shall never be heard again in thee;