What does γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon) mean in the Bible?
G1101 names a money box or moneybag. Its two New Testament occurrences are John 12:6 and John 13:29, both connected with Judas.
Greek · G1101
γλωσσόκομον
Moneybag
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γλωσσόκομον G1101
Pronunciation glōssókomon
What does γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon) mean in the Bible?
G1101 names a money box or moneybag. Its two New Testament occurrences are John 12:6 and John 13:29, both connected with Judas.
Reader summary
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1101?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include money bag (2).
Where does γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 12:6. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2).
What This Word Actually Means
G1101 names a money box or moneybag. Its two New Testament occurrences are John 12:6 and John 13:29, both connected with Judas. In John 12, the narrator explains that Judas kept the box and used to take what was put into it. His stated concern for the poor follows Mary's costly anointing, but John explicitly identifies theft as his motive. In John 13, the other disciples suppose that Judas may be buying festival necessities or giving something to the poor because he had the box.
The noun identifies the shared-money container, not a moral quality in the object itself. John's disclosures expose Judas and sharpen the contrast around him, but two occurrences do not establish a complete model of church finances. The passage does not make all concern for the poor hypocritical, all financial stewards suspect, or Mary's act a reason to dismiss ordinary provision for people in need.
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How the Bible Uses It
John 12:6 uses γλωσσόκομον when John explains Judas' objection to Mary's costly devotion and exposes his theft.
- John 12:6 connects the money box with Judas' hidden theft and false concern for the poor.
- John 13:29 shows the disciples assuming Judas may be buying festival needs or giving to the poor because he had the money box.
- Having the money box places Judas in a practical role involving the group's common funds.
- John contrasts Mary's costly love with Judas' calculating greed.
At Bethany, Judas objects to Mary's anointing by appealing to the poor. John immediately tells the reader that Judas kept the money box and stole from its deposits. At the supper, the other disciples interpret Jesus' words to Judas through ordinary possibilities associated with the box: buying what is needed for the feast or giving to the poor. The two uses make the same object part of both the narrator's exposure and the disciples' incomplete understanding.
The noun contributes a concrete detail; John's narrative supplies the moral and theological judgment.
G1101 belongs to John's Judas narrative. The first occurrence discloses theft behind a stated concern for the poor; the second shows the ordinary purposes the disciples associate with the common funds. Together they expose Judas without turning the money box, stewardship, or care for the poor into the problem.
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Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It money bag 2× John 12:6, John 13:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 12:6
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
John 2
Source forms
γλωσσόκομον 2x glōssokomon John 12:6, John 13:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x John 12:6, John 13:29
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Keep conclusions about Judas tied to John's explicit disclosure rather than using the passage to speculate about other stewards.
- Preserve both Mary's costly devotion and the legitimacy of giving to the poor; John does not make them enemies.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not use γλωσσόκομον to imply money itself is corrupt. John targets Judas' theft and hypocrisy.
- Do not claim that all concern for the poor masks greed or that this noun supplies a complete financial-accountability policy.
Pastoral application
Evidence Summary
Greek word. moneybag
Strong's G1101
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
moneybag
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 12:6 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γλωσσόκομον glwssokomon
bag, purse, box, chest
Read verse John 13:29 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γλωσσόκομον glwssokomon
bag, purse, box, chest
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter John 12:6 · John 13:29 2×
Word Origins
γλωσσόκομον is built from these roots:
For the Preacher and Teacher
John's two uses of G1101 show how an ordinary object can sit inside very different levels of knowledge. The reader knows from John 12:6 that Judas steals from the common funds; the other disciples in John 13:29 still infer ordinary purchases or aid for the poor. Teaching should follow John's disclosure without expanding suspicion beyond Judas. Financial responsibility needs integrity and accountability, yet the noun supplies no policy details and no warrant for treating accusation as proof.
Mary's devotion, concern for people in need, and honest stewardship should not be forced into competition because Judas exploited compassionate language.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain