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    Cassius

    KASH-us

    Meaning

    Hollow; Empty vessel; Vain

    Latin origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Cassius is the earthen vessel filled with treasure — emptied to overflow, excellency of power from God, the hollow one whom the Almighty fills to the brim.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”

    2 Kings 4:3

    “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

    2 Corinthians 4:7

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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