Word study · Greek
skeuos
vessel, instrument
Say it: SKEH-oos (approximate)
σκεῦος
What it means
A vessel, a tool, or a body (or a wife). "That each one of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor" (4:4); the meaning is debated.
Range of meaning
- VesselA container.
- InstrumentA tool.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 4
"To possess himself of his own vessel" (4:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4632 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources