instrument / vessel

The now commonly-used German term Rüstzeug (lit. “things to equip”), which today stands for the ability or experience to perform a certain task, was first used in 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther (eventually to be replace in the 1984 edition with Instrument). (Source: Günther 2017, p. 103)

For other idioms or terms in German that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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