σκεῦος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי ;] a vessel, implement (for exx. in various senses, see MM, xxii): Mk 11,16, Łk 8,16, J 19,29, Dz 10,11.16; 11,5, Rz 9,21, Ap 18,12; pl., 2 Tm 2,20, Ap 2,27; τὰ σ. τῆς λειτουργίας, Hbr 9,21 pl., τὰ σ., utensils, goods, Mt 12,29, Mk 3,27, Łk 17,31; id. of the tackle or gear of a ship (Xen., Polyb., al.); so in sing., τὸ σ., Dz 27,17 Metaphorical, of persons: σ. ἐκλογῆς, Dz 9,15 ὀργῆς, Rz 9,22 ἐλέους, Rz 9,23 σ. εἰς τιμήν (cf. Rz 9,21), 2 Tm 2,21; of woman, ἀσθενέστερον σ., 1 P 3,7 so perh. τ. ἑαυτοῦ σ., 1 Tes 4,4 (but see infr.); of the body, 2 Kor 4,7 so perh. 1 Tes 4,4 (but see supr., and see: κτάομαι).† κτάομαι, -ῶμαι [in LXX chiefly for קָנָה ;] in pres., impf., fut. and aor., to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire (the pf. and plpf., to have acquired, hence to possess, do not occur in NT): with accusative of thing(s), Mt 10,9, Łk 18,12, Dz 8,20; with genitive pret., Dz 22,28 ἐκ with genitive pret., Dz 1,18 τ,ψυχὰς ὑμῶν (MM, xvi), Łk 21,19 τ. ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, 1 Tes 4,4 (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf., κέκτημαι; see MM, xvi; M, Th., in l; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most frequently taken as = wife; see Thayer, see word; Lft., Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l).† (AS)