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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong man unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:16 - and suffered not that any one should carry any package through the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - And no one having lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a couch, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who 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 who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 - and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:16 - And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken 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 an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:21 - Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for 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 had before prepared for 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 surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:20 - But in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthen; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:21 - If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:21 - And the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker, even the female, vessel, giving them honour, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:27 - and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
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