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scrip in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a small bag or wallet usually fastened to the girdle (1 Sam. 17:40); "a shepherd's bag." 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.

scrip in Smith's Bible Dictionary

The Hebrew word thus translated appears in #1Sa 17:40| as a synonym for the bag in which the shepherds of Israel 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. #Mt 10:10; Mr 6:8; Lu 9:3; 22:35| The English word "scrip" is probably connected with scrape, scrap, and was used in like manner for articles of food.

scrip in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SCRIP , in 1 Sam 17:40, means a shepherd's bag. In the N.T. "scrip" means a wallet suspended from the shoulder for carrying food. Matt 10:10; Luke 10:4.

scrip in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("Shepherd's bag".) (yalquwt), 1 Samuel 17:40; 2 Kings 4:42 (tsiqlon) margin. In New Testament, the leather "wallet" (fra) slung on the shoulder for carrying food for a journey; distinct from the "purse" (zone, literally, "girdle"; balantion, "small bag for money"): Matthew 10:9-10; Luke 10:4; Luke 12:33. Unlike other travelers, the twelve and the seventy, when sent forth, were wholly dependent on God, having no provision for their journey; at other times they carried provisions in a bag and purse (Luke 22:35-36; John 12:6; Mark 8:14-16). The English "scrip," originally "script," related to "scrap," was used for food.