Purse
βαλλάντιονStrong’s G0905ballantion
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ballantion is the Greek word usually translated “purse” and “purses”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.”
Meaning
Usually translated “purse” and “purses”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- purse 2
- purses 1
- a purse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
βαλλάντιον ballantion · purse
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “purse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PURSE, noun
purs. [Latin byrsa, an ox hide; Gr. id.]
- A small bag in which money is contained or carried in the pocket.
- A sum of money offered as the prize of winning in a horse race.
- In turkey, a sum of money, about f50 sterling, or $222.
- The public coffers; the treasury; as, to exhaust a nation's purse or the public purse
All definitions and other forms of “purse”
PURSE, verb transitive
To put in a purse
- To contract into folds or wrinkles.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.