Strong G905βαλλάντιον
purse
- Transliteration
- balantion
- Pronunciation
- bal-an'-tee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably remotely from G906 (as a depository); a pouch (for money): - bag purse.
Detailed definition
βαλλάντιον (Rec. βαλά-), -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Job.14:17 (צְרוֹר), Pro.1:14 (כִּיס), Tob.1:14 8:2, Sir.18:33 א 2 *;]
a purse: Luk.10:4 12:33 22:35, 36.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.14:17 (צְרוֹר), Pro.1:14 (כִּיס), Tob.1:14 8:2, Sir.18:33 א 2 *;]
a purse: Luk.10:4 12:33 22:35, 36.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G905 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purse3
- bag1
First verses
- Luke 10:4Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
- Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
- Luke 22:35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
- Luke 22:36Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βαλλάντιον, τό,
bag, pouch, purse, [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 178, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 10 (βαλ-), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 707, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 17.5)]; παῖς ἐκ βαλλαντίου a supposititious child, [Refs (Telecl [prev. author] 41.)]
II javelin (as if from βάλλω), a pun in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Dionysius Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98d)]. (The spelling βαλλ-is better attested than that with βαλ-,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.354 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, etc.)]; compare βαλλαντιοτομέω, -τόμος.)
bag, pouch, purse, [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 178, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 10 (βαλ-), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 707, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 17.5)]; παῖς ἐκ βαλλαντίου a supposititious child, [Refs (Telecl [prev. author] 41.)]
II javelin (as if from βάλλω), a pun in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Dionysius Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98d)]. (The spelling βαλλ-is better attested than that with βαλ-,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.354 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, etc.)]; compare βαλλαντιοτομέω, -τόμος.)