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Lexicon :: Strong's G4632 - skeuos

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σκεῦος
Transliteration
skeuos (Key)
Pronunciation
skyoo'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:358,1038

Strong’s Definitions

σκεῦος skeûos, skyoo'-os; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G4632 in the following manner: vessel (19x), goods (2x), stuff (1x), sail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G4632 in the following manner: vessel (19x), goods (2x), stuff (1x), sail (1x).

  1. a vessel

  2. an implement

    1. in the plural

      1. household utensils, domestic gear

      2. the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically of sails and ropes

  3. metaph.

    1. a man of quality, a chosen instrument

    2. 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.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκεῦος skeûos, skyoo'-os; 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.
STRONGS G4632:
σκεῦος, σκεύους, τό (probably from the root, sku, 'to cover'; cf. Latinscutum, cutis, obscurus; Curtius, § 113; Vanicek, p. 1115), from (Aristophanes), Thucydides down; the Sept. for כְּלִי;
1. a vessel: Mark 11:16; Luke 8:16; John 19:29; Acts 10:11, 16; Acts 11:5; 2 Timothy 2:20; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 18:12; τά Σκευᾶ τῆς λειτουργίας, to be used in performing religious rites, Hebrews 9:21; σκεῦος εἰς τιμήν, unto honor, i. e. for honorable use, Romans 9:21; 2 Timothy 2:21 (καθαρῶν ἔργων δοῦλα σκεύη, Wis. 15:7); εἰς ἀτιμίαν, unto dishonor, i. e. for a low use (as, a urinal), Romans 9:21; σκεύη ὀργῆς, into which wrath is emptied, i. e. men appointed by God unto woe, hence, the addition κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν, Romans 9:22; σκεύη ἐλέους, fitted to receive mercy — explained by the words ἅ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν, Romans 9:23; τό σκεῦος is used of a woman, as the vessel of her husband, 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (see κτάομαι; (others take it here (as in 2 Corinthians 4:7 below) of the body)); the female sex, as being weaker than the male, is likened to a σκεῦος ἀσθενεστερον, in order to commend to husbands the obligations of kindness toward their wives (for the weaker the vessels, the greater must be the care lest they be broken), 1 Peter 3:7; ὀστράκινα σκεύη is applied to human bodies, as frail, 2 Corinthians 4:7.
2. an implement; plural household utensils, mestic gear: Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27 (Luke 17:31 (in these passages R. V. has goods); as the plural often in Greek writings denotes the tackle and armament of vessels (Xenophon, oec. 8, 12; Plato, Critias, p. 117 d.; Lach., p. 183 e.; Polyb 22, 26, 13), so the singular τό σκεῦος seems to be used specifically and collectively of the sails and ropes (R. V. gear) in Acts 27:17. metaphorically, of a man: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς (genitive of quality), a chosen instrument (or (so A. V.) 'vessel'), Acts 9:15; in a base sense, an assistant in accomplishing evil deeds (cf. English 'tool'), σκεῦος ὑπηρετικον, Polybius 13, 5, 7; 15, 25, 1.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:29
Mark
3:27; 11:16
Luke
8:16; 17:31
John
19:29
Acts
9:15; 10:11; 10:16; 11:5; 27:17
Romans
9:21; 9:21; 9:22; 9:23
2 Corinthians
4:7; 4:7
1 Thessalonians
4:4
2 Timothy
2:20; 2:21
Hebrews
9:21
1 Peter
3:7
Revelation
2:27; 18:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4632 matches the Greek σκεῦος (skeuos),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - But no one can enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:16 - and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 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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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 - and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:16 - And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:21 - Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:23 - and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7 - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:4 - that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:20 - Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:21 - If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:21 - Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:27 - and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
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