Bible Lexicons

";a vessel"; (Romans 9:21 al.). This common noun is used with a variety of applications, e.g. P Eleph 14.21 (iii/B.C.) ἔκ τ ̣ε ̣ κ ̣τ ̣ηνῶν καὶ σκευῶν, P Petr III. 107 (d)i. 25 (iii/B.C.) fares are paid for the conveyance τῶν Ἀγήνορος σκευῶν, ";of Agenor’s furniture,"; P Ryl II. 138.23 (A.D. 34) ἐρίων σταθμία ι ̄ε ̄ καὶ ἕτερα σκεῦη, ";15 measures of wool, as well as other implements,"; P Oxy I. 105.4 (A.D. 117–137) σκεύη καὶ ἔπιπλα, ";movables and household stock,"; P Tebt II. 381.13 (A.D. 123) (= Selections, p. 78) σκεύηι καὶ ἐνδομενίαν καὶ ἱματισμόν, ";utensils and household-stock and clothing,"; and P Grenf II. 77.14 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 120) χάριν τῶν σκευῶν αὐτοῦ, ";on account of his goods.";

For σκεῦος = ";(a ship’s) tackle,"; as in Acts 27:17, cf. P Cairo Zen I. 59031.10 (B.C. 258) ἀδύνατογ γάρ μοι δ ̣ο ̣κεῖ ει ̣͂̔ναι ἄνευ τῶν ἀναγκαίω ̣ν σκευ ̣ῶν πλεῖν τὰ πλοῖα, and Syll 537 (= .3969).3 (B.C. 347–6) σ ]υνγραφαὶ τῆς σκευοθήκης τῆς λιθίνης τοῖς κρεμαστοῖς σκεύεσιν. In the new uncanonical gospel, P Oxy V. 840.14, τὰ ἅγια σκεύη are ";the holy vessels"; of the temple : cf. Hebrews 9:21. See also Plut. Mor. 812 σκεῦος ἱερόν. On σκεῦος = ";body"; rather than ";wife"; in 1 Thessalonians 4:4, see Milligan ad l.

For the dim. σκευάριον see P Lond 46.211 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 72) σκευάριον καλλάϊνον μικρό (ν), and for σκευασία P Leid Xv. 33 (iii/iv A.D.) (= I. p. 217) χρυσοκόλλου σκευσία (l. σκευασία.)

In P Petr II. 13 (10).5 (B.C. 258–253) Deissmann (BS p. 158) understands σκεοφύλακα as = σκευοφύλακα, ";keeper of baggage"; (cf. ib. 5 (a).3), and in P Amh II. 62 (ii/B.C.) three persons called Ἀπολλώνιος are distinguished as ";the dark"; (μέλας), ";the fair"; (λευκός), and ";the baggage-carrier"; (σκευοφ (όρος)).