σκεῦος

skeu'o" skeu'o",
skeuvou",
tov (probably from the root, sku, `to cover'; cf. Latin scutum, cutis, obscurus; Curtius, sec. 113; Vanicek, p. 1115), from (Aristophanes), Thucydides down; the Septuagint for yliK];1. a vessel: ; ; ; ,; ; ; ; ;
tav
Skeua'
th'"
leitourgiva", to be used in performing religious rites, ;
skeu'o"
eij"
timhvn, unto honor, i. e. for honorable use, ; (
kaqarw'n
e[rgwn
dou'la
skeuvh, Sap. );
eij"
ajtimivan, unto dishonor, i. e. for a low use (as, a urinal), ;
skeuvh
ojrgh'", into which wrath is emptied, i. e. men appointed by God unto woe, hence, the addition
kathrtismevna
eij"
ajpwvleian, ;
skeuvh
ejlevou", fitted to receive mercy -- explained by the words
a{
prohtoivmasen
eij"
dovxan, ;
tov
skeu'o" is used of a woman, as the vessel of her husband, (see
ktavomai; (others take it here (as in below) of the body)); the female sex, as being weaker than the male, is likened to a
skeu'o"
ajsqenesteron, 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), ;
ojstravkina
skeuvh is applied to human bodies, as frail, .2. an implement; plural household utensils, mestic gear: ; ( (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
tov
skeu'o" seems to be used specifically and collectively of the sails and ropes (R. V. gear) in . metaphorically, of a man:
skeu'o"
ejklogh'" (genitive of quality), a chosen instrument (or (so A. V.) `vessel'), ; in a base sense, an assistant in accomplishing evil deeds (cf. English `tool'),
skeu'o"
uJphretikon, Polybius 13, 5, 7; 15, 25, 1.*