Quick Definition
ἀγγεῖον, ου, τό n.n. a vessel, flask, can
Strong's Definition
compare the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); a receptacle
Derivation: from (a pail, perhaps as bent;
KJV Usage: vessel
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ἄγγος
6.120 · Artifacts · Containers
container, vessel a container, primarily for liquids or wet objects The vessels referred to in this context would have been relatively small, containing probably not more than a liter (about a quart).
noun, n. | -ους
6.120 · Artifacts · Containers
container, vessel a container, primarily for liquids or wet objects The vessels referred to in this context would no doubt have been rather large, containing perhaps some sixteen to twenty liters (or about four to five gallons).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγγεῖον, -ov, Td, (i. 4. TO ἄγγος). a vessel, receptacle: Mt. xiii. 48 [R G 12]; xxv. 4. (From Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγγεῖον angeion 1x
a vessel, flask, Mt. 25:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀγγεῖον, -ου, τό
(< ἄγγος), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי;]
a vessel (v. MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 25:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγγεῖον is found in P Tor I. 11:56 (ii/B.c.) for the ‘*casket” or “‘chest ” in which plaintiffs in the court of the Chrematistae, or Greek judges of Egypt, were in the habit of placing their petitions (Archzv iii. p. 26 ff). See also P Gen I. 74°* (probably iii/A.D.) διὸ ἐρωτηθεὶς ἐκλαβὼν ἀντίγραφον καὶ βαλὼν els ἀγγῖον σφράγισον : similarly in Sy// 790% (i/B.c.) of oracular πινάκια, which are put εἰς ἀγγεῖον and sealed (κατασφραγισάσθωσαν) with various officers’ seals In BGU I. 248 (ii/A.p.) a note is added on the margin— χρῆσον Σαβείνῳ ἀνγεῖον, εἰς ὃ κόμιζέ μοι ἔλαιον, where a. is a jar for oil, asin Mt 25*: cf. P Oxy VII. τογοῦῦ (iii/A.b.) ἀνγείῳ ἡμιχόῳ, P Hamb I. 23% (a.p. 569) μεστὰ ἀγγῖα τριάκοντα, P Lond 1036° (vi/a.D.) (= III. p. 269) otvo(v) ayytov μέγα ἕν, P Leid Will 8 a. μέλιτος μεστόν. The form &yyos, which is found in the true text of Mt 138, may be illustrated from A/iche/ 13614f (Thasos, iv/B.c.) ἢν δέ τις ἐγβάλλη[ι τῶν δούλων κόπρον, ὥστε] τὸ χωρίον εἶναι τὸ ἄγγος τοῦ ἀναιρερημένου τὸν κῆποίν] KTA. The word is used of a cinerary urn (as in Herod. i. 113) in C/G 3573:
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀγγεῖον (angeion) — jar. ἀγγεῖον, Ionic dialect ἀγγήιον, τό, vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο.. ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς.. ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ mortar, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, [Refs]; for masons' use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀστράκινα ἀ. [LXX+5th c.BC+]; pails or buckets used by firemen, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ.[LXX+5th c.BC+]; box for petitions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. receptacle, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; bed of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. coffin, sarcophagus, [Refs]
II. of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins, [Refs]; the female breast, [Refs]; afterbirth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of plants, capsule, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later, the body itself, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]