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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Bag
The word "bag" has a number of renderings and meanings.
(1.) A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces
of silver for Gehazi (2 Kings 5:23). The same Hebrew word occurs
elsewhere only in Isa. 3:22, where it is rendered
"crisping-pins," but denotes the reticules (or as R.V.,
"satchels") carried by Hebrew women. The long cone-like bags
of the size to hold a precise amount of money, and tied or sealed for
that amount, as we stamp the value on a coin.
(2.) Celi, in (Genesis 42:25) is the "sack" in which Jacob's
sons carried the corn which they brought from Egypt.
(3.) Another word (kees) so rendered means a bag for carrying weights
(Deut. 25:13; Prov. 16:11; Micah 6:11). It also denotes a purse (Prov.
1:14) and a cup (23:31).
(4.) Another word rendered "bag" in 1 Sam. 17:40 is rendered
"sack" in Gen. 42:25; and in 1 Sam. 9:7; 21:5
"vessel," or wallet for carrying food.
(5.) The shepherd's "bag" used by David was for the purpose of
carrying the lambs unable to walk. (Zechariah 11:15; 16:5)
(6.) Tschar, properly a "bundle," (Genesis 42:35) appears to
have been used by travelers for carrying money during a long journey.
(Proverbs 7:20)
(7.) The word rendered in the Authorized Version "bags," in
which the priests bound up the money contributed for the restoration of
the temple (2 Kings 12:10), is also rendered "bundle" (Gen.
42:35; 1 Sam. 25:29). It denotes bags used by travellers for carrying
money during a journey (Prov. 7:20; Hag. 1:6).
(8.) The "bag" of Judas was a small box (John 12:6; 13:29).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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