The word in Scripture

Vessel in the Bible

The word vessel appears 46 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A vessel is a container, and a picture of a life set apart for God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What vessel means in the Bible

A vessel is a container, and a picture of a life set apart for God.

Where the word vessel appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word vessel appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”Psalms 2:9

“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”Psalms 31:12

“Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.”Proverbs 25:4

“And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.”Mark 11:16

“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.”Luke 8:16

“Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.”John 19:29

“This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.”Acts 10:16

“Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?”Romans 9:21