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Baggage
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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bag´ā̇j : (1) כּלי , kelı̄ , "the impedimenta of an army"): "David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage" ( 1 Samuel 17:22 ); "at Michmash he layeth up his baggage" (Isaiah 10:28 ). The American Standard Revised Version gives baggage for "stuff" at 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24 . (2) ἀποσκευή , aposkeuḗ ̌ : "Beside the baggage" (Judith 7:2), "a great ado and much baggage" (1 Macc 9:35, 39), "the women and the children and also the baggage" (the King James Version "and other baggage"; 2 Macc 12:21). (3) ἀποσκευάζομαι , aposkeuázomai , "to make ready for leaving," "to pack up baggage"): "We took up (made ready, Revised Version margin) our baggage" (Acts 21:15 , the King James Version "carriages"), i.e. what they could carry - E nglish: "luggage"; but others understand the term of the loading of the baggage animals.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Baggage'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/baggage.html. 1915.
