broken vessel
broken vessel noun: a person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
Noun
broken vessel (plural broken vessels)
- A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
- I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 31:12
- I am a broken vessel, Lord
rubble where a soul should be.2000. Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kenosis (poem). Published in Heaven, University Press of New England, p. 48:http://books.google.com/books?id=vDQpQ8AzLPAC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22i+am+a+broken+vessel%22&s...
Forms of broken vessel
| plural | broken vessels |
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Origin of broken vessel
From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels.
Questions about broken vessel
- What does broken vessel mean?
- Broken vessel means a person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
- What part of speech is broken vessel?
- Broken vessel is a noun.
- What is the plural of broken vessel?
- The plural of broken vessel is broken vessels.
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