What does πήρα (pḗra) mean in the Bible?
πήρα (pḗra): Traveler's pouch for provisions; Jesus instructed disciples to carry minimal supplies, symbolizing dependence on God's provision
Greek · G4082
πήρα
A wallet or leather pouch for food
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πήρα G4082
Pronunciation pḗra
What does πήρα (pḗra) mean in the Bible?
πήρα (pḗra): Traveler's pouch for provisions; Jesus instructed disciples to carry minimal supplies, symbolizing dependence on God's provision
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4082?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bag (5), a bag (1).
Where does πήρα (pḗra) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
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 bag 5× Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:8, Luke 9:3, Luke 10:4
a bag 1× Luke 22:36
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 10:10 πήραν to bag Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 6:8 πήραν to bag Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 9:3 πήραν to bag Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 10:4 πήραν to bag Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 22:35 πήρας to bag Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 22:36 πήραν to a bag Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:10
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 4
Source forms
πήραν 5x pēran Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:8, Luke 9:3, Luke 10:4
πήρας 1x pēras Luke 22:35
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:8, Luke 9:3, Luke 10:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 22:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Traveler's pouch for provisions; Jesus instructed disciples to carry minimal supplies, symbolizing dependence on God's provision
Strong's G4082
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 10:10 Source Gloss
a wallet or leather pouch for food
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Traveler's pouch for provisions; Jesus instructed disciples to carry minimal supplies, symbolizing dependence on God's provision
a leathern pouch for victuals, etc., a wallet (Deiss. thinks an alms-bag, see LAE, 108 ff.): Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:8, Luk.9:3 10:4 22:35-36.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πήραν phran
a sack, wallet
Read verse Mark 6:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πήραν, phran
a sack, wallet
Read verse Luke 9:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πήραν, phran
a sack, wallet
Read verse Luke 10:4 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πήραν, phran
a sack, wallet
Read verse Luke 22:35 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πήρας phrav
a sack, wallet
Read verse Luke 22:36 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πήραν· phran
a sack, wallet
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 22:35 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 10:10 · Mark 6:8 · Luke 9:3 · Luke 10:4 · Luke 22:36 5×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Instruction to disciples to travel without carrying a wallet or provisions
Command that apostles take only a staff, explicitly forbidding a wallet
Disciples instructed not to take a wallet on their missionary journey
Jesus references earlier instruction about going without a wallet, contrast with new circumstances
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πήρα is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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