UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: γλωσσόκομον; -ου

Constructions: γλωσσόκομον; γλῶσσα; κοσμέω

Sense 1: money box

Semantic entry: 6.143

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Containers

Definition: a box in which money was kept

Notes: It may be useful, however, in rendering RV JHN 13:29 · LV JHN 13:29 · Read together JHN 13:29 to say simply ‘Judas had charge of the money’ or ‘Judas was the treasurer of the group,’ since the Greek expression may be understood as an idiom.

Further resources: realia:5.18.1.4

JHN 12:6: RV JHN 12:6 · LV JHN 12:6 · Read together JHN 12:6

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OET-RV JHN 12:6

6 But he didn’t say this because he cared for poor people, but because he carried the purse for the group and used to steal from it.

OET-LV JHN 12:6

6 But he _said this, not that was _caring to _him for the poor, but because he _was a_thief, and having the moneybag was _bearing the money being _thrown in.

JHN 13:29: RV JHN 13:29 · LV JHN 13:29 · Read together JHN 13:29

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OET-RV JHN 13:29

29 Some of them thought that since Yehudah held their purse, perhaps Yeshua was getting him to buy something they needed for the feast or to give something to the poor.

OET-LV JHN 13:29

29 For/Because some were _supposing, because Youdas was _having the moneybag, that the Yaʸsous is _saying to _him:
Buy of _what things we _are _having need for the feast, or in _order _that something may _give to _the poor.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γλωσσόκομον

Form 1

Sense 1: money box