Definition

a belt; by implication, a pocket

Etymology

probably akin to the base of G2218 (ζυγός);

Word family

• ζυγός zygós

How the KJV renders it

• girdle
• purse

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.