HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3599
כִּיס
kis — purse
1) bag, purse 1a) for weights, money
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Purse
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G905
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)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2754
חָרִיט
cha.rit — purse
bag, purse
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7169
קָרַץ
qa.rats — to wink
1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse 1a) (Qal) to pinch 1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3219
יַלְקוּט
yal.qut — pouch
wallet, purse, pouch, bag, receptacle
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7696
θύλακος
thulakos — a purse
1. a bag, pouch, wallet , (Herdotus Historicus); δερῶ σε θύλακον I'll make a bag of your skin, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. in plural the trousers of the Persians, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8998
πυρσεύω
purseuō — to light a fire
1. to light up, kindle , πυρσεύσας σέλας Εὐβοίαν having lit up Euboea with beacon-fires σέλας combining with the notion of the Verb), (Euripides) 2. to make signals by torches or beacon-fires , (Xenophon Historicus): metaphorically, πυρσεύετε κραυγὴν ἀγῶνος give a shout in signal of battle, (Euripides):—;Pass., δόξα ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς πυρσεύεται (Plutarch): impersonal, πυρσεύεται fire-signals are made , (Lucian) (ML)
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(1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Luke 10:4; 22:35, 36). (2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Matt. 10:9; Mark 6:8), a money-belt. As to our Lord’s sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this “there was no departure from the simple manners of the country. At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw himself on the hospitality of any village.” Thomson’s Land and the Book. (See SCRIP.)
Scripture references
Luke 10:4Luke 22:35Luke 22:36Matthew 10:9Mark 6:8Genesis 42:35Proverbs 1:14Proverbs 7:20Isaiah 46:6Micah 6:11Luke 12:33Luke 22:38John 12:6John 13:29Isaiah 3:24
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.