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Revelation 18:12
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
a vessel implement: equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively [specifically a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband])
1. a vessel
2. an implement
a. in the plural
1. household utensils, domestic gear
2. the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically of sails and ropes
3. metaph.
a. a man of quality, a chosen instrument
b. in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed "Vessel" was a common Greek metaphor for "body" since Greeks thoughtof souls living temporarily in bodies.
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.