What does σκεῦος · κεραμικός mean in the Bible?
σκεῦος · κεραμικός is a Greek phrase meaning "a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])".
Greek · G4632, G2764
σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ
Vessel · made of clay
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σκεῦος G4632 vessel
Pronunciation skeûos
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κεραμικός G2764 made of clay
Pronunciation keramikós
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What does σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ (skeuē ta keramika) mean in the Bible?
σκεῦος · κεραμικός is a Greek phrase meaning "a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4632, G2764?
G4632, G2764 is connected to 23 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])
Source Gloss
a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 23 Case pattern Accusative (13) Number pattern Singular (14)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 19:29 · Acts 9:15 · Acts 10:16 · 2 Tim 2:21 4×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 17:31 · 2 Tim 2:20 · Rev 2:27 3×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Luke 8:16 · 1 Pet 3:7 2×
Dative · Plural · Neuter 2 Cor 4:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 11:16 · Acts 10:11 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 27:17 · Rom 9:21 · 1 Thess 4:4 · Rev 18:12 8×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:29 · Mark 3:27 · Rom 9:22 · Rom 9:23 · Heb 9:21 5×
Word Origins
σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain