G4632

σκεῦος

skeuos

Neuter noun · Of uncertain affinity

Of uncertain affinity; a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband]):—goods, sail, stuff, vessel.

Outline

a vessel
an implement

in the plural

household utensils, domestic gear
the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically of sails and ropes

metaph.

a man of quality, a chosen instrument
in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed
"Vessel" was a common Greek metaphor for "body" since Greeks thought of souls living temporarily in bodies.

Usages

Matthew 12:29

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.

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Mark 3:27

No 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.

Breakdown

Can be used generally, but referring to Esau (Psalms 60:9). Yahawashi is going bind Esau.

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Mark 11:16

And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

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Luke 8:16

¶ No 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.

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Luke 17:31

In 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.

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John 19:29

Now 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.

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Acts 9:15

But 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:

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Acts 10:11

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

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vessel Nation of Israel (2 Timothy 2:20-22). four corners Israel was and is scattered across the four corners of the earth, e.g. Isaiah 11:11, Deuteronomy 4:27, Tobit 13:3.

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Acts 10:16

This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

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Acts 11:5

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

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Acts 27:17

Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

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Romans 9:21

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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vessel unto honour Israel. another unto dishonour Edom.

Precepts

Ecclesiasticus 33:12

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Romans 9:22

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

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Ecclesiastes 8:11

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Romans 9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

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vessels of mercy Israel. glory The Kingdom.

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2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Breakdown

Treasure: The truth. Earthen vessels: The bodies that we're in. That the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us: It is not of us that we're in this truth, but of the will of God (John 15:16).

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