COPPERSMITH (2Ti_4:14).See Alexander, Arts and Crafts, § 2.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
kop?ẽr-smith (χαλκεύς, chalkeús): The word is found in New Testament once only, in 2Ti_4:14 : ?Alexander the coppersmith did (margin ?showed?) me much evil.? As the Bible word rendered ?copper? (see Ezr_8:27 the King James Version) is translated ?brass? by the Revised Version (British and American), so the word here rendered ?c.? should be rendered ?brazier,? or ?worker in brass.? See COPPER.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Coppersmith
(χαλκεύς, q. d. brazier, from χαλκός, copper), a worker in metals of any kind, a smith (Hesych. s.v.); a sense in which the word is used in other Greek writings (Hom. Od. 9:391). Alexander, an opponent of Paul, is designated as being of this trade (2Ti_4:14). SEE MECHANIC.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.