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.
A silversmith named Demetrius, by manufacturing silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing in great profits to his workmen.
So then, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen have a charge against anybody, there are the courts and the judges; let them go to law.
The sound of harpists, musicians, flute-players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen of any kind will ever be found in you again, and the sound of the grinding mill will never be heard in you again;