Bible Dictionaries
Purse
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Often "the girdle" (zoonee ): Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8. Or "a bag for money", and "for merchants' weights". (Genesis 42:35; Proverbs 1:14; Isaiah 46:6; John 12:6, glossokomon , literally, a bag for carrying mouthpieces of musical instruments.)
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Purse'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/p/purse.html. 1949.