BAG

De 25:13 Lu 12:33. Eastern money was often sealed up in bags containing a certain sum, for which they passed current while the seal remained unbroken, 2Ki 12:10.

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Bag. Bag
(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.

(2.) 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).

(3.) 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.

(4.) 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).

(5.) The “bag” of Judas was a small box (John 12:6; 13:29).

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BAG. → See PURSE

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is the rendering of several words in the Old and New Testaments. Charitim , the "bags" in which Naaman bound up the two talents of silver for Gehazi. (2 Kings 5:23) They were 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. Cis , a bag for carrying weights, (25:13) also used as a purse (Proverbs 1:14) Celi , in (Genesis 42:25) is the "sack" in which Jacob’s sons carried the corn which they brought from Egypt. The shepherd’s "bag" used by David was for the purpose of carrying the lambs unable to walk. (Zechariah 11:15; 16:5) Tschar , properly a "bundle," (Genesis 42:35) appears to have been used by travellers for carrying money during a long journey. (Proverbs 7:20) The "bag" which Judas carried was probably a small box or chest. (John 12:6; 13:29)

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bag. Bag, n. a sack, pouch, purse, ornament, udder

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Bag (băg), n. [[OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.]] 1. 1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
2. 2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
3. 3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
4. 4. The quantity of game bagged.
5. 5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one. — To give one the bag, to disappoint him. Bunyan.