ΣΚΕΥΟΣ, σκευος
SKEUOS, skeuos
Sounds Like: SKEV-os
Translations: vessel, a vessel, instrument, an instrument, article, an article, implement, an implement, jar, a jar, container, a container, goods, equipment
From the root: ΣΚΕΥΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to any kind of vessel, implement, or article, often implying something useful or designed for a specific purpose. It can denote a container like a jar or pot, a tool or instrument, or more broadly, any piece of equipment or household good. Its meaning is quite versatile and depends on the context.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4632 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:20
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 19:15
- Psalms — 30:13
- Wisdom — 13:11
- Sirach — 43:2, 43:8, 50:9
- Isaiah — 54:16, 54:17
- Jeremiah — 22:28
- Mark — 11:16
- John — 19:29
- Acts of the Apostles — 9:15, 10:11, 10:16, 11:5, 27:17
- Romans — 9:21
- 1 Thessalonians — 4:4
- Revelation — 18:12
- Epistle of Barnabas — 7:3, 11:9, 21:8
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:31
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 8:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 27:3
- Exodus — 35:22
- Leviticus — 6:28, 11:32, 11:33, 13:58, 14:50, 15:4, 15:12, 15:26
- Numbers — 19:15, 19:17, 31:20, 31:50, 31:51, 35:20, 35:22
- 1 Samuel — 13:20
- 1 Kings — 6:12
- 2 Kings — 4:6, 11:8, 11:11, 12:13
- 2 Chronicles — 23:7, 36:19
- Psalms — 2:9, 30:13
- Wisdom — 13:11
- Sirach — 43:2, 43:8, 50:9
- Isaiah — 54:16, 54:17
- Jeremiah — 22:28
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:15, 1:58
- Ezekiel — 15:3
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:8
- Hosea — 8:8
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 11 — 1:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 11:16
- John — 19:29
- Acts — 9:15, 10:11, 10:16, 11:5, 27:17
- Romans — 9:21
- 1 Thessalonians — 4:4
- 2 Timothy — 2:21
- Revelation — 18:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΕΥΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΚΕΥΑ — vessel, a vessel, instrument, implement, equipment, goods, article, baggage, utensil
- ΣΚΕΥΕΙ — in a vessel, in an instrument, in an article, in equipment, in a container, in a tool
- ΣΚΕΥΕΣΙ — (to) vessels, (to) instruments, (to) equipment, (to) goods, (to) utensils, (with) vessels, (with) instruments, (with) equipment, (with) goods, (with) utensils
- ΣΚΕΥΕΣΙΝ — to equipment, to vessels, to instruments, to articles, to goods, to baggage, to implements, to utensils
- ΣΚΕΥΗ — vessel, a vessel, instrument, an instrument, implement, an implement, goods, baggage, equipment, furniture
- ΣΚΕΥΗΣ — of a vessel, of an instrument, of goods, of baggage, of equipment, of property
- ΣΚΕΥΟΥΣ — (of) vessel, (of) instrument, (of) article, (of) implement, (of) equipment, (of) goods, (of) gear
- ΣΚΕΥΩΝ — of vessels, of instruments, of articles, of goods, of baggage, of equipment
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