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STRONGS NUMBER G1101
Transliteration: glōssokomon
Phonetic Spelling: (gloce-sok'-om-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a case, a box
Meaning: a case, a box
γλωσσόκομον, γλωσσοκομου, τό (for the earlier γλωσσοκομειον or γλωσσοκομιον (Winer's Grammar, 24 (23), 94 (90); yet see Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions 2448, 8:25, 31), from γλῶσσα and κομέω to tend);
Word Summary
glōssokomon: a case, a box
Original Word: γλωσσόκομονTransliteration: glōssokomon
Phonetic Spelling: (gloce-sok'-om-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a case, a box
Meaning: a case, a box
Strong's Concordance
money-box, purse, bagFrom glossa and the base of kosmos; properly, a case (to keep mouthpieces of wind-instruments in) i.e. (by extension) a casket or (specially) purse -- bag.
see GREEK glossa
see GREEK kosmos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1101: γλωσσόκομονγλωσσόκομον, γλωσσοκομου, τό (for the earlier γλωσσοκομειον or γλωσσοκομιον (Winer's Grammar, 24 (23), 94 (90); yet see Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions 2448, 8:25, 31), from γλῶσσα and κομέω to tend);
a. a case in which to keep the mouth-pieces of wind instruments.
b. a small box for other uses also; especially a casket, purse to keep money in: John 12:6; John 13:29; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 98f. (For אָרון a chest, 2 Chronicles 24:8, 10f; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 1, 2; Plutarch, Longin, others.)