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carriage in Easton's Bible Dictionary

In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of many different words. In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth, or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., "the things that ye carried about") the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam. 17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word ("stuff" in 1 Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase in Acts 21:15, "We took up our carriages," means properly, "We packed up our baggage," as in the Revised Version.

carriage in Smith's Bible Dictionary

This word signifies what we now call "baggage." In the margin of #1Sa 17:20| and 1Sam 26:5-7 and there only, "carriage" is employed int he sense of a wagon or cart.