skeuos · vessel, object

What it means

skeuos (σκεῦος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “vessel, object”.

In the plural, goods, belongings.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A container or a tool.
2. Household belongings.
3. A ship's tackle.
4. A person God uses: "a chosen tool".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• vessel ×5
• vessels ×4
• goods ×3
• object ×3
• article ×2
• jar ×2
• gear ×1
• instrument ×1
• jars ×1
• pots ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×5
• Romans×3
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 12:29

  Or how can anyone enter into the strong man’s house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

• Mark 3:27

  But no one can enter into the strong man’s house and plunder his goods unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

• Mark 11:16

  And he would not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple.

• Luke 8:16

  And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• Luke 17:31

  On that day, the one who is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, must not come down to take them; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back to the things behind.

• John 19:29

  A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so putting a sponge full of the sour wine on hyssop, they held it to his mouth.

• Acts 9:15

  But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

• Acts 10:11

  and he sees heaven opened and an object coming down, like a great sheet, being let down by its four corners to the earth;

• Acts 10:16

  This happened three times, and at once the object was taken up into heaven.

• Acts 11:5

  “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet let down by its four corners from heaven, and it came right up to me.

• Acts 27:17

  After hoisting it aboard, they used supports undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear and so were driven along.

• Romans 9:21

  Or has the potter no authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

• Romans 9:22

  But what if God, wanting to show his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

• Romans 9:23

  and so that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—

• 2 Corinthians 4:7

  But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from us.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:4

  that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

• 2 Timothy 2:20

  Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, and some for honor, and some for dishonor.

• 2 Timothy 2:21

  So if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

• Hebrews 9:21

  And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood the tent and all the vessels of the ministry.

• 1 Peter 3:7

  Husbands, likewise, live with them with understanding, as with a weaker vessel, the woman, showing honor, as also fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

• Revelation 2:27

  and he will shepherd them with an iron rod, as the clay pots are shattered,

• Revelation 18:12

  cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article of most precious wood and bronze and iron and marble,

And 1 more times.