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In the biblical context, the concept of being "skilled" is often associated with wisdom, craftsmanship, and the ability to perform tasks with excellence. The Bible highlights the importance of skill in various domains, including craftsmanship, leadership, and spiritual discernment.

Craftsmanship and Artistry

The Bible frequently mentions skilled artisans, particularly in the context of constructing the Tabernacle and the Temple. In Exodus 31:1-5 , God specifically calls Bezalel, filling him "with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in all kinds of craftsmanship, to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze." This passage underscores the divine origin of skill and the importance of using one's talents for God's glory.

Similarly, in 1 Kings 7:14, Hiram of Tyre is described as "a man of great skill, experienced in all kinds of bronze work." His expertise was instrumental in the construction of Solomon's Temple, demonstrating that skilled labor is integral to fulfilling God's plans.

Leadership and Governance

Skill is also essential in leadership and governance. In 1 Chronicles 12:32, the men of Issachar are noted for their understanding of the times and knowing what Israel should do, indicating that skill in discernment and decision-making is crucial for effective leadership. Proverbs 22:29 states, "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men." This proverb highlights the value of skill in gaining influence and recognition.

Spiritual Discernment

In the spiritual realm, skill is often linked with wisdom and discernment. Daniel, for example, is described as having "an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and insight, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems" (Daniel 5:12). His skills were not only intellectual but also spiritual, enabling him to serve in a foreign court and influence the course of history.

Moral and Ethical Implications

The Bible also addresses the moral and ethical implications of skill. In Ecclesiastes 10:10 , it is written, "If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success." This suggests that skill, when applied wisely, can lead to success and efficiency. However, skill must be coupled with integrity and righteousness, as seen in the warnings against using skill for deceitful purposes (Proverbs 11:1).

Conclusion

Throughout Scripture, skill is portrayed as a gift from God, to be used for His purposes and glory. Whether in craftsmanship, leadership, or spiritual matters, the Bible emphasizes the importance of honing one's skills and using them in service to God and others.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.

Greek

3451. mousikos -- skilled in the arts (esp. music)
... mousikos. 3452 . skilled in the arts (esp. ... Word Origin from Mousa (a Muse) Definition
skilled in the arts (esp. music) NASB Word Usage musicians (1). musician. ...
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4680. sophos -- skilled, wise
... skilled, wise. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sophos Phonetic Spelling:
(sof-os') Short Definition: wise Definition: wise, learned, cultivated ...
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1990. epistemon -- knowing, skilled
... knowing, skilled. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: epistemon Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-ee-stay'-mone) Short Definition: skillful, experienced Definition ...
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1987. epistamai -- to know, to understand
... 101). 1987 () in antiquity meant, "skilled in handicraft" (M. Vincent) --
referring to knowledge "resulting from " (Thayer, 118).]. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4106. mahir -- quick, prompt, ready, skilled
... 4105, 4106. mahir or mahir. 4107 . quick, prompt, ready, skilled. Transliteration:
mahir or mahir Phonetic Spelling: (maw-here') Short Definition: skilled. ...
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2450. chakam -- wise
... Word Origin from chakam Definition wise NASB Word Usage expert (1), men who are
skillful (1), sage (1), shrewd (2), skilled (2), skilled men (3), skilled men ...
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3820. leb -- inner man, mind, will, heart
... 1), pride* (1), recalls* (1), reflected* (1), regard* (1), self-exaltation* (1),
sense (10), senseless* (1), seriously (1), skill* (1), skilled* (1), skillful ...
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1884. dethabar -- a judge
... counselor. (Aramaic) of Pers. Origin; meaning one skilled in law; a judge --
counsellor. 1883, 1884. dethabar. 1885 . Strong's Numbers.
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995. bin -- to discern
... perceive (5), perceived (2), ponder (2), prudent (4), regard (1), show (1), show
regard (2), show understanding (1), show...regard (1), skilled (1), skillful (4 ...
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525. amon -- an artificer, architect, master workman
... one brought up. From 'aman, probably in the sense of training; skilled, ie An architect
(like 'aman) -- one brought up. see HEBREW 'aman. see HEBREW 'aman. ...
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2796. charash -- engraver, artificer
... 4), carpenters* (4), craftsman (7), craftsmen (10), engraver (2), jeweler* (1),
manufacturers (1), masons (1), masons* (1), shapes (2), skilled (1), smith (1 ...
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Library

Conformity to Type
... Let the most skilled observer apply the most searching tests to distinguish one
from the other and he will fail. But there is something more surprising still. ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/conformity to type.htm

Epistle Liv. Here Follows the Epistle of Saint Licinianus, Bishop ...
... For, when there is no skilled person found for the sacerdotal office, what is to
be done but that an unskilled one such as I am, should be ordained? ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle liv here follows the.htm

Letter xiii. --To the Church at Nicomedia .
... For which cause your affairs demand a wise and strong administrator, who is skilled
to guide such wayward tempers aright, so as to be able to recall to its ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter xiii to the church at.htm

Closing Appeal.
... The Word exercises an influence which does not make poets: it does not equip
philosophers nor skilled orators, but by its instruction it makes mortals immortal ...
/.../justin/justins discourse to the greeks/chapter v closing appeal.htm

The Wonderful Skill with which Origen Prepares Gregory and ...
... was best [204] had been accomplished by him, and when it seemed good to us to remain
with him for a time, then he took us in hand, as a skilled husbandman may ...
/.../argument vii the wonderful skill with.htm

Heretics, in Fact, do not Use, but Only Abuse, Scripture no Common ...
... Though most skilled [2038] in the Scriptures, you will make no progress, [2039]
when everything which you maintain is denied on the other side, and whatever ...
/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xvii heretics in fact do.htm

The Finest Wisdom.
... It demands the best in the best. There is no body of men more keen or skilled
in the handling and influencing of men, than the politicians. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/the finest wisdom.htm

Limitations.
... Great buildings go up. Colleges begin their life with apparatus and books, skilled
instructors, and eager students. Mammoth enterprises spring into being. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks with world winners/limitations.htm

David's victory Over the Giant
... is troubling you. Let your servants who are here advise you, and let them
seek a man skilled in playing the lyre. Then, whenever ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/davids victory over the giant.htm

But Having Then Read those Books of the Platonists...
... Thee. I prated as one well skilled; but had I not sought Thy way in Christ
our Saviour, I had proved to be, not skilled, but killed. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xx but having then.htm

Thesaurus

Skilled (44 Occurrences)
... united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with;
expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing ...
/s/skilled.htm - 20k

Skill (26 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Mason
... Easton's Bible Dictionary An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been
specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; 2 Samuel 5:11). ...
/m/mason.htm - 8k

Musician (112 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) One skilled in the art or science of music; esp.,
a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument. Int. ...
/m/musician.htm - 39k

Craftsman (23 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an
artificer; a mechanic. Multi-Version Concordance Craftsman (23 Occurrences). ...
/c/craftsman.htm - 13k

Skilful (38 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
/s/skilful.htm - 21k

Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... and Egyptians. The credit remains, however, to the Phoenicians of introducing
skilled workmanship into Palestine. The Phoenicians ...
/c/crafts.htm - 30k

Skillful (42 Occurrences)

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Homely (1 Occurrence)
... Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man
of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents. (DBY). ...
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Versed (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Verse. 2. (a.) Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience,
study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. 3. (a.) Turned. ...
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Resources

Who was Huram / Hiram in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was the Asaph mentioned in the Book of Psalms? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about women music ministers / worship leaders? | GotQuestions.org

Skilled: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Skilled (44 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
(See RSV)

Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.
(DBY)

Exodus 26:1
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
(See NIV)

Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made.
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:6
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
(See NIV)

Exodus 28:15
And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:25
All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 35:33
and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.
(See RSV)

Exodus 35:35
Them hath He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the craftsman, and of the skilful workman, and of the weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.
(See RSV)

Exodus 36:1
"Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded."
(See NIV)

Exodus 36:2
Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
(See NIV)

Exodus 36:8
And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he them.
(See NIV)

Exodus 36:35
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he it.
(See NIV)

Exodus 39:3
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:8
And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 31:27
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Samuel 16:18
And one of the young men answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilled in playing, and he is a valiant man and a man of war, and skilled in speech, and of good presence, and Jehovah is with him.
(DBY)

1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore command thou, that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and to 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 that is skilled in hewing timber like the Sidonians.
(WBS NIV)

1 Kings 7:14
He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 22:15
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in any manner of work;
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 25:7
And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 28:21
And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God; and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service; also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.'
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:7
Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:8
Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:13
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, even Huram my master craftsman,
(See NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 2:14
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do whatever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
(See JPS)

2 Chronicles 34:12
And the men did the work faithfully. And over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, Levites, of the children of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the children of the Kohathites, for the oversight; and all these Levites were skilled in instruments of music.
(DBY NIV)

Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.
(See NAS RSV)

Job 3:8
Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
(See RSV)

Job 32:22
For I don't know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Song of Songs 7:1
How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 40:20
He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
(DBY NIV)

Isaiah 44:11
Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 10:9
Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple 'is' their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 46:9
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 21:31
And I will pour out My indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee with the fire of My wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:9
The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
(See RSV)

Daniel 8:23
In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
(See NAS)

Micah 7:3
On the evil 'are' both hands to do 'it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Skilled

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