Vessel
ἄγγοςStrong’s G6001angos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Angos is the Greek word usually translated “vessels”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.”
Meaning
Usually translated “vessels”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- vessels 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἄγγος angos · vessel
ἄγγος, -εος, τό, [in LXX for כְּלִי, כְּלוּב ;] a vessel: Mat.13:48.† (AS)
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.