σκεῦοςskeûos
a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])
Greek (New Testament) · G4632
Meanings
a vessel, implement: Mark 11:16, Luke 8:16, John 19:29, Acts 10:11, Acts 10:16, Acts 11:5, Romans 9:21, Revelation 18:12; plural, 2 Timothy 2:20, Revelation 2:27; τὰ σ. τῆς λειτουργίας, Hebrews 9:21; plural, τὰ σ., utensils, goods, Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:27, Luke 17:31; id. of the tackle or gear of a ship; so in sing., τὸ σ., Acts 27:17. Metaph., of persons: σ. ἐκλογῆς, Acts 9:15; ὀργῆς, Romans 9:22; ἐλέους, Romans 9:23; σ. εἰς τιμήν (cf. Romans 9:21), 2 Timothy 2:21; of woman, ἀσθενέστερον σ., 1 Peter 3:7; so perhaps τ. ἑαυτοῦ σ., 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (but see below); of the body, 2 Corinthians 4:7; so perhaps 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (but see above, and see κτάομαι).
Same root
- κατασκευάζωkataskeuázō · G2680to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas G2090 (ἑτοιμάζω) refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create
- ἀνασκευάζωanaskeuázō · G384properly, to pack up (baggage), i.e. (by implication, and figuratively) to upset
- σκηνήskēnḗ · G4633a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)
- σκευήskeuḗ · G4631furniture, i.e. spare tackle
- ἀσκέωaskéō · G778to elaborate, i.e. (figuratively) train (by implication, strive)
- ἀποσκευάζωaposkeuázō · G643to pack up (one's) baggage
- παρασκευάζωparaskeuázō · G3903to furnish aside, i.e. get ready
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 12:29 For who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
- Mark 3:27 Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
- Mark 11:16 and he stopped everyone from using the Temple as a marketplace.
- Luke 8:16 “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.
- Luke 17:31 On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home.
- John 19:29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.