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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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Romans 9:22
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 9:22 · retained source text

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, & to make his power knowen, indured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

1611 marginal noteOr, made vp.

Romans 9:23
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
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1611 witness · Romans 9:23 · retained source text

And that he might make knowen the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which hee had afore prepared vnto glorie?

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