βαλάντιον balántion
Meaning
a pouch (for money)
In the King James Version: bag, purse
Derivation: probably remotely from G906 (βάλλω) (as a depository);
Where it is used
- Luke 10:4 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- Luke 12:33 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.
- Luke 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- Luke 22:36 “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.