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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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First occurrence: Genesis 43:11

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Ezra 8:27
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezra 8:27 · retained source text

Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

1611 marginal noteHebr. yellow or shining brasse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. desireable.

Ezra 8:28
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 8:28 · retained source text

And I said vnto them, Yee are holy vnto the LORD, the vessels are holy also, and the siluer and the gold are a free-will offring vnto the LORD God of your fathers.

Ezra 8:30
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 8:30 · retained source text

So tooke the Priests and the Leuites the weight of the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Ierusalem, vnto the house of our God.

Ezra 8:33
¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 8:33 · retained source text

¶ Now on the fourth day was the siluer and the gold, and the vessels weighed in the house of our God, by the hand of Meremoth the sonne of Uriah the Priest, and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehas, and with them was Iozabad the sonne of Ieshua, and Noadiah the sonne of Binnui, Leuites:

Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 10:39 · retained source text

For the children of Israel, and the children of Leui, shall bring the offering of the corne, of the new wine, and the oyle, vnto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuarie, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers, and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:5 · retained source text

And hee had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offrings, the frankincense and the vessels, and the tithes of the corne, the new wine, and the oile, which was commanded to be giuen to the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters, and the offerings of the priests.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the commandement of the Leuites.

Nehemiah 13:9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:9 · retained source text

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers, and thither brought I againe the vessels of the house of God, with the meate offering, and the frankincense.

Esther 1:7
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
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1611 witness · Esther 1:7 · retained source text

And they gaue them drinke in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diuers one from another) and royall wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

1611 marginal noteHebr. wine of the kingdome.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to the hand of the king.

Isaiah 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
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1611 witness · Isaiah 18:2 · retained source text

That sendeth ambassadours by the sea, euen in vessels of bulrushes vpon the waters, saying; Goe yee swift messengers to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto, a nation meted out and troden downe; whose land the riuers haue spoiled.

1611 marginal noteOr, outspread and polished.

1611 marginal noteOr, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth downe. Heb. a nation of line line, and treading vnderfoote.

1611 marginal noteOr, whose land the riuers despise.

Isaiah 22:24
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 22:24 · retained source text

And they shall hang vpon him all the glory of his fathers house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantitie: from the vessels of cups, euen to all the vessels of flagons.

1611 marginal noteOr, instruments of violes.

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