βαλλάντιον
ballantion
“purse”
Definition
a pouch (for money)
probably remotely from G906 (βάλλω) (as a depository);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Neuter)
G:N-N
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
βαλλάντιον appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”“Nothing,” they answered.
“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.