- Transliteration: Skeuos

- Phonetic: skyoo'-os

- Definition:

1. a vessel

2. an implement

a. in the plural

1. household utensils, domestic gear

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

3. metaph.

a. a man of quality, a chosen instrument

b. in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed "Vessel" was a common Greek metaphor for "body" since Greeks thoughtof souls living temporarily in bodies.

- Origin: of uncertain affinity

- TDNT entry: 12:58,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; a vessel implement equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specifically a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband]): - goods sail stuff vessel.