Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Luke 10:4; 22:35, 36). (2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8), a money-belt. As to our Lord's sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this "there was no departure from the simple manners of the country. At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw himself on the hospitality of any village." Thomson's Land and the Book. (see SCRIP.) Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. 2. (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. 3. (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. 4. (n.) A specific sum of money 5. (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. 6. (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. 7. (v. t.) To put into a purse. 8. (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit. 9. (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PURSE purs. See BAG.

Multi-Version Concordance Purse (7 Occurrences) Mark 6:8 He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse, (WEB KJV ASV WBS) Luke 10:4 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV) Luke 22:35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV) Luke 22:36 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV) Proverbs 1:14 You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 46:6 As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship. (See NAS RSV) Haggai 1:6 You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it." (See NAS NIV)