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Scrip
A small bag or wallet usually fastened to the girdle (1 Sam. 17:40); “a shepherd’s bag.”
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In the New Testament it is the rendering of Gr. pera, which was a bag carried by travellers and shepherds, generally made of skin (Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4). The name “scrip” is meant to denote that the bag was intended to hold scraps, fragments, as if scraped off from larger articles, trifles.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
The Hebrew word thus translated appears in (1 Samuel 17:40) as a synonym for the bag in which the shepherds of Palestine carried their food or other necessities. The scrip of the Galilean peasants was of leather, used especially to carry their food on a journey, and slung over their shoulders. (Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 22:35) The English word “scrip” is probably connected with scrape, scrap, and was used in like manner for articles of food.
In the Bible
7
Verses where Scrip is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 17:40
And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
- Luke 9:3
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- Luke 10:4
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- Luke 22:36
“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
- Mark 6:8
He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
+1 more verse naming Scrip.
Voices on Scrip
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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