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vessels

Meaning of “vessels”

1. Containers, utensils, or implements made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. Ships or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, persons or bodies regarded as bearers or instruments.

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154 occurrences132 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 43:11

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Matthew 13:48
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
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1611 witness · Matthew 13:48 · retained source text

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sate downe, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

Matthew 25:4
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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1611 witness · Matthew 25:4 · retained source text

But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.

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