Strong's Greek · G905
βαλάντιον
balántion
bag, purse
Definition
a pouch (for money)
Derivation
probably remotely from G906 (βάλλω) (as a depository);
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).