Strong G30ἀγγεῖον
jar
- Transliteration
- aggeion
- Pronunciation
- ang-eye'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From ἄγκάλη aggos (a pail perhaps as bent; compare the base of G43); a receptacle: - vessel.
Detailed definition
ἀγγεῖον, -ου, τό
(ἄγγος), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי;]
a vessel (see MM, VGT, see word): Mat.25:4.†
(AS)
(ἄγγος), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי;]
a vessel (see MM, VGT, see word): Mat.25:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G30 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- vessel2
First verses
- Matthew 13:48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
- Matthew 25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγγεῖον,
Ionic dialect ἀγγήιον, τό, vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο.. ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς.. ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 287e))]; of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.188; ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χαλκᾶ ἀ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.695b)]; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ mortar, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 60)]; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.2)]; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.121.β᾽)]; for masons' use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]; ὀστράκινα ἀ. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.193, LXX.Lam.4.2)]; pails or buckets used by firemen, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20)]; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ.[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.23; τὰς ῥαφὰς τῶν ἀ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 16; for corn, LXX.Gen.42.25; for wine, LXX.1Ki.25.18; for bread, LXX.1Ki.9.7)]; box for petitions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTaur.” I ii 6 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
2 receptacle, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845e)]; bed of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111a.)]
3 coffin, sarcophagus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(2).494 (from Lesbos), “BSA” 17.227 (Pamphyl.), etc.)]
II of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.37, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 521b6, “PA” 680b33)]; of the veins, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 511b17, +others; the lungs, [prev. author] “GA” 787b3)]; the female breast, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 692a12)]; afterbirth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.57)]; of plants, capsule, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.11.1)]:—later, the body itself, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 3.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 7.)]
Ionic dialect ἀγγήιον, τό, vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο.. ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς.. ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 287e))]; of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.188; ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χαλκᾶ ἀ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.695b)]; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ mortar, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 60)]; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.2)]; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.121.β᾽)]; for masons' use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]; ὀστράκινα ἀ. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.193, LXX.Lam.4.2)]; pails or buckets used by firemen, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20)]; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ.[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.23; τὰς ῥαφὰς τῶν ἀ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 16; for corn, LXX.Gen.42.25; for wine, LXX.1Ki.25.18; for bread, LXX.1Ki.9.7)]; box for petitions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTaur.” I ii 6 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
2 receptacle, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845e)]; bed of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111a.)]
3 coffin, sarcophagus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(2).494 (from Lesbos), “BSA” 17.227 (Pamphyl.), etc.)]
II of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.37, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 521b6, “PA” 680b33)]; of the veins, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 511b17, +others; the lungs, [prev. author] “GA” 787b3)]; the female breast, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 692a12)]; afterbirth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.57)]; of plants, capsule, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.11.1)]:—later, the body itself, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 3.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 7.)]