Quick Definition
σκευή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. tackle, fittings
Strong's Definition
from 4632; furniture, i.e. spare tackle
KJV Usage: tackling
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | σκεῦος
6.2 · Artifacts · Artifacts [General Meaning]
things, equipment a collective for any kind of artifact which may be referred to by σκεῦος[a] ‘object, thing’ (6.1) Wherever possible, it is useful to employ a rather specific term if this is well known in a receptor language. For example, instead of ‘things of a ship’ one may use ‘ship’s gear’ or ‘ship’s rigging.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ, [οἵ. σκεῦος], fr. [Pind., Soph.], Hdt. down, any apparalus, equipment, or furniture; used of the utensils [outfit, i.e. furniture (?— so R. V. mrg.), or tackling (?—so A. V., R. V. txt.) ] of a ship (Diod. 14, 79): Acts xxvii. 19 (Sept. Jon. i. 5).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκευή skeuē 1x
apparatus; tackle, Acts 27:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: III Mac 5:45 R * ;]
equipment, tackle: Ac 27:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκευή, which is applied to the ‘‘tackle” of a ship in Ac 2719, is used of a woman’s ‘‘ornaments” in P Lond 1164(/)}8 (A.D. 212) (=III. p. 161) γυναικιῶν αὐτῆς κοσμαρίων Kal σκευῶν, and of ‘‘ household plenishing,” ‘‘goods,” in BGU ΠῚ. 775° (ii/A-D.) παρ[α]δέδωκά ov (/. σοι) pov τὸ κλεδιν (Δ κλειδίον) τῆς ὑκίας (/. οἰκίας) μου ὑπὸ τὴν σκευήν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκευή (skeuē) — gear. σκευ-ή, ἡ, equipment, attire, apparel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκευῆς ἀνάθεσις, of the chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the dress of a singer or actor, ἐνδὺς πᾶσαν τὴν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγικὴ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soldiers, σ. ψιλή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horse-trappings, [Refs]; of the dress of priests and public officers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. fashion, style of dress or equipment, Μηδικὴ αὕτη ἡ σ. ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πολὺ αὕτη ἡ σ. κατέσχεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. tackle, as of a net, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship, [NT+1st c.BC+]
II.2. ={αἰδοῖον}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]