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Thompson Chain Reference
• Purses
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Purse
• Bag, Purse, Wallet
Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
• Sea Purse
• Pursing
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Privy Purse
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܟ݁ܺܝܣܳܐ
• βαλλάντιον
• ζώνη
• חָרִיט
• כִּיס
• צְרוֹר צְרוֹר, , צְרוֹר

Purse. A bag for money. The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provided with a bag, in which they carried their money, Genesis 42:35; Proverbs 1:14; Proverbs 7:20; Isaiah 46:6, and, if they were merchants, also their weights. Deuteronomy 25:13; Micah 6:11.

This bag is described, in the New Testament, by the terms, balantion, (bag), Luke 10:4; Luke 12:33; Luke 22:35; Luke 22:38, and glossokomon, (originally, the bag in which musicians carried the mouth-pieces of their Instruments). John 12:6; John 13:29. The girdle also served as a purse. Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8. Ladies wore ornamental purses. Isaiah 3:24.