"also spelled βαλάντιον, a bag, purse, Lk. 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36*"
Definition and meaning
also spelled βαλάντιον, a bag, purse, Lk. 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36*
In the original Greek the word is written: βαλλάντιον
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ballantion (G905) across the King James Bible.
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
Sell 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.
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Then 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.
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Common questions
Strong's G905 (ballantion) is a Greek word that means: also spelled βαλάντιον, a bag, purse, Lk. 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word ballantion (G905) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G905 is ballantion, a Greek word defined as: also spelled βαλάντιον, a bag, purse, Lk. 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ballantion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.