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vessel

Meaning of “vessel”

1. A container or utensil made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. A ship or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, a person or body regarded as a bearer or instrument.

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46 occurrences41 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 6:28

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Psalms 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 2:9 · retained source text

Thou shalt breake them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessell.

1611 marginal noteApoc.2.27. and 19.15.

Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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1611 witness · Psalms 31:12 · retained source text

I am forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a vessell that perisheth.

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