- Original: ἀγγεῖον - Transliteration: Aggeion - Phonetic: ang-eye'-on - Definition: 1. a vessel, receptacle, a pail, a reservoir - Origin: from aggos (a pail, perhaps as bent, cf base of G43 ) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From ἄγκάλη aggos (a pail perhaps as bent; compare the base of G43 ); a receptacle: - vessel.