[Straight Vermonter]

The Bible does not call Joseph a carpenter. Rather it uses the Greek word for “builder”.

[50sDad]

Aren’t there Aramaic translations? What word do they use?

[AnAmericanMother]

Liddell & Scott tell us that "tekton" is "1. a worker in wood; a carpenter, joiner, builder; 2. any craftsman or workman, a master of any art", as a poet or songwriter. A second sense is of a planner or contriver generally.

So the primary sense IS that of "carpenter" or "joiner". But that wasn't limited as it is today to the crew chief working under the general contractor - you'd probably find a carpenter building the whole house, foundation, plaster, wood, thatch and all.