Tentmaker

Artisans who made tents from the cloth woven from the hair of goats. The Greek term for tentmaker may have described a range of activities in cloth and leather. The single biblical reference (Acts 18:3) is to Aquila and Priscilla of Corinth. They worked as tentmakers. The apostle Paul joined them because he had trained in the same craft. He made a regular living at this trade during his missionary journeys (2 Corinthians 11:7–10; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8).