Definition

properly, a case (to keep mouthpieces of wind-instruments in) i.e. (by extension) a casket or (specially) purse

Etymology

from G1100 (γλῶσσα) and the base of G2889 (κόσμος);

Where the KJV renders it

• bag

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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