σκεῦος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי;]
a vessel, implement (for exx. in various senses, v. MM, xxii): Mk 11:16, Lk 8:16, Jo 19:29, Ac 10:11, 1611:5, Ro 9:21, Re 18:12; pl., II Ti 2:20, Re 2:27; τὰ σ. τῆς λειτουργίας, He 9:21; pl., τὰ σ., utensils, goods, Mt 12:29, Mk 3:27, Lk 17:31; id. of the tackle or gear of a ship (Xen., Polyb., al.); so in sing., τὸ σ., Ac 27:17. Metaph., of persons: σ. ἐκλογῆς, Ac 9:15; ὀργῆς, Ro 9:22; ἐλέους, ib. 23; σ. εἰς τιμήν (cf. Ro 9:21), II Ti 2:21; of woman, ἀσθενέστερον σ., I Pe 3:7; so perh. τ. ἑαυτοῦ σ., I Th 4:4 (but v. infr.); of the body, II Co 4:7; so perh. I Th 4:4 (but v. supr., and v.s. κτάομαι).†