ἀγγεῖον, , τό (equivalent to τό ἄγγος), a vessel, receptacle: Mat_13:48 (R g L); . (From Herodotus down.)

ἀγγεῖον angeion 1x a vessel, flask, Mat_25:4 ἄγγος angos 1x vessel, container, basket, Mat_13:48

ἀγγεῖον , -ου , τό ( <ἄγος ), [in LXX chiefly for H3627 ;] a vessel ( v MM , VGT , s.v. ): Mat_25:4 .† ἄγγος , -εος , τό , [in LXX for H3627 , H3619 ;] a vessel: Mat_13:48 .†

ἀγγεῖον [page 3] ἀγγεῖον is found in P Tor I. 1 ii. 6 (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 ( Archiv iii. p. 26 ff.). See also P Gen I. 74 .8 ff (probably iii/A.D.) διὸ ἐρωτηθεὶς ἐκλαβὼν ἀντίγραφον καὶ βαλὼν εἰς ἀγγῖον σφράγι [σ ]ον : similarly in Syll 790 .43 (i/B.C.) of oracular πινάκια , which are put εἰς ἀγγεῖον and sealed (κατασφραγισάσθωσαν ) with various officers seals. In BGU I. 248 (ii/A.D.) a note is added on the margin χρῆσον Σαβείνῳ ἀνγεῖον , εἰς ὃ κόμιζέ μοι ἔλαιον , where ἀ . is a jar for oil, as in Mat_25:4 : cf. P Oxy VII. 1070 .30 (iii/A.D.) ἀνγείῳ ἡμιχόῳ , P Hamb I. 23 .34 (A.D. 569) μεστὰ ἀγγῖα τρια̣κοντα , P Lond 1036 .9 (vi/A.D.) ( = III. p. 269) οἴνο (υ ) ἀγγῖον μέγα ἕν , P Leid W iii. 8 ἀ . μέλιτος μεστόν . The form ἄγγος , which is found in the true text of Mat_13:48 , may be illustrated from Michel 1361 .4 f. (Thasos, iv/B.C.) ἢν δέ τις ἐγβάλλη [ι τῶν δούλων κόπρον , ὥστε ] τὸ χωρίον εἶναι τὸ ἄγγος τοῦ ἀναιρερημένου τὸν κῆπο [ν ] κτλ . The word is used of a cinerary urn (as in Herod. i. 113) in CIG 3573.

ἀγγεῖον [Etym: ἄγγος]

ἀγγεῖον, -ου, τό (ἄγγος), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי ;] a vessel (see MM, VGT, see word): Mat.25:4.† (AS)