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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 5 times in 5 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 - and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:16 - and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the 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 I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.
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