The corpus record

βαλλάντιον

ballantion · τό

bag, pouch, purse

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Where it lives

Symposium 2 · 2.1/10k
Luke 4 · 2.07/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bag, pouch, purse

bag, pouch, purse, [Simon.]178, Epich. 10 (βαλ-), Ar. Eq. 707, al., Thphr. Char. 17.5; παῖς ἐκ βαλλαντίου a supposititious child, Telecl. 41.

II javelin

javelin (as if from βάλλω), a pun in Dionys. ap. Ath. 3.98d. (The spelling βαλλ- is better attested than that with βαλ-, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.354 S., etc.; cf. βαλλαντιοτομέω, -τόμος.)

In the wild

βαλάντιον · balantion Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 3401)
βαλλάντιον · ballantion New Testament, Luke 10.4 (DIORISIS sentence 522)
βαλλάντια · ballantia New Testament, Luke 12.33 (DIORISIS sentence 684)
βαλλαντίου · ballantiou New Testament, Luke 22.35 (DIORISIS sentence 1130)
βαλλάντιον · ballantion New Testament, Luke 22.36 (DIORISIS sentence 1132)
βαλλάντιον · ballantion Plato, Gorgias 508

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Where it came from

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