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( ëַּéñ , kis, Pro_1:14; a “bag” for money, Isa_46:6, or for weights, Deu_25:13 : Pro_16:11; Mic_6:11; âáëÜíôéïí , Luk_10:4; Luk_12:23 [“ bag”;1 22:35, 36; but æώíç , Mat_10:9; Mar_6:8, is the gin-dle, as elsewhere rendered). The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provideed with a bag, in which they carried their money (Genesis 43:35; Pro_1:14; Pro_7:20; Isa_46:6), and if they were merchants, also their weights (Deu_25:13; Mic_6:11). This bag is variouslv termed in Iheb. ëַּéí , kis (as above); öְøåֹø , tseror; and çָøַéè , charit. The last occurs only in 2 Kings v, 23 ( bags”); Isa_3:22 (A. V. “crisping-pins”). The latter is supposed to refer to the long, round form of the purse. The money-bag is described in the New Test. by the terms âáëÜíôéïí (as above, peculiar to Luk_10:4; Luk_12:33; Luk_22:35-36), and ãëùóóüêïìïí (peculiar to Joh_12:6; Joh_13:29). The former is a classical term (Plato, Coulit. p. 190, óýóðáóôá âáëÜíôéá ); the latter is connected with the classical ãëùóóïêïìåῖïí , which originally meant the bag in which musicians carried the mouthpieces of their instruments. In the Sept. the term is applied to the chest for the offerings at the Temple (2Ch_24:8; 2Ch_24:10-11), and was hence adopted by John to describe the common purse carried by the disciples. The girdle also served as a purse, and hence the term æώíç occurs in Mat_10:9; Mar_6:8. SEE GIRDLE. Ladies wore ornamental purses (Isa_3:23). The Rabbinists forbade any one passing through the Temple with stick, shoes, and purse, these three being the indications of travelling (Mishna, Berachoth, 9, § 5). SEE BAG; SEE MONEY
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