Vessel
σκεῦοςStrong’s G4632skeuos
Appears in 22 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skeuos is the Greek word usually translated “vessel”, “vessels” and “goods”. It appears in 22 verses of the New Testament.
“Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.”
Meaning
Usually translated “vessel”, “vessels” and “goods”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a vessel 6
- vessels 6
- vessel 4
- goods 3
- article 2
- with a vessel 1
- gear 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Romans 3
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- 2 Timothy 2
- Revelation 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 3:27No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
- Mark 11:16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
- Luke 8:16No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
- Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- John 19:29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
- Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Greek dictionary
σκεῦος skeuos · vessel
σκεῦος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי ;] a vessel, implement (for exx. in various senses, see MM, xxii): Mrk.11:16, Luk.8:16, Jhn.19:29, Act.10:11, 16 11:5, Rom.9:21, Rev.18:12; pl., 2Ti.2:20, Rev.2:27; τὰ σ. τῆς λειτουργίας, Heb.9:21; pl., τὰ σ., utensils, goods, Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:27, Luk.17:31; id. of the tackle or gear of a ship (Xen., Polyb., al.); so in sing., τὸ σ., Act.27:17. Metaphorical, of persons: σ. ἐκλογῆς, Act.9:15; ὀργῆς, Rom.9:22; ἐλέους, Rom.9:23; σ. εἰς τιμήν (cf. Rom.9:21), 2Ti.2:21; of woman, ἀσθενέστερον σ., 1Pe.3:7; so perh. τ. ἑαυτοῦ σ., 1Th.4:4 (but see infr.); o …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vessel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VES'SEL, noun
[Latin vas, vasis. This word is probably the English vat.]
- A cask or utensil proper for holding liquors and other things, as a tun, a pipe, a puncheon, a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a dish, etc.
- In anatomy, any tube or canal, in which the blood and other humors are contained, secreted or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, spermatics, etc.
- In the physiology of plants, a canal or tube of very small bore, in which the sap is contained and conveyed; also, a bag or utricle, filled with pulp, and serving as a reservoir for sap; also, a spiral canal, usually of a larger bore, for receiving and distributing air.
- Any building used in navigation, which carries masts and sails, from the largest ship of war down to a fishing sloop.
All definitions and other forms of “vessel”
- Something containing.
VES'SEL, verb transitive
To put into a vessel [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.