John 12:6

Εἶπε δὲ τοῦτο, οὐχ ὅτι περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν ἔμελεν αὐτῷ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι κλέπτης ἦν, καὶ τὸ γλωσσόκομον εἶχε, καὶ τὰ βαλλόμενα ἐβάσταζεν.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2036; eipen; εἶπεν; said; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 3778; touto; τοῦτο; this one; DPro-ANS

Strongs 3756; ouch; οὐχ; not; Adv

Strongs 3754; hoti; ὅτι; that; Conj

Strongs 4012; peri; περὶ; around; Prep

Strongs 3588; tōn; τῶν; the; Art-GMP

Strongs 4434; ptōchōn; πτωχῶν; cowering; Adj-GMP

Strongs 3199; emelen; ἔμελεν; it mattered; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

Strongs 235; all’; ἀλλ’; but; Conj

Strongs 3754; hoti; ὅτι; that; Conj

Strongs 2812; kleptēs; κλέπτης; a thief; N-NMS

Strongs 1510; ēn; ἦν; was; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; to; τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 1101; glōssokomon; γλωσσόκομον; money bag; N-ANS

Strongs 2192; echōn; ἔχων; he who is having; V-PPA-NMS

Strongs 3588; ta; τὰ; the; Art-ANP

Strongs 906; ballomena; βαλλόμενα; those things being put into it; V-PPM/P-ANP

Strongs 941; ebastazen; ἐβάσταζεν; he used to pilfer; V-IIA-3S

RBT Translation:

And this one spoke, not because was concerning himself around the Cowering ones, but rather because he was a thief and the one who is holding the Tongues-Keeper;⁹⁶ the ones who are being thrown, he was carrying.

LITV Translation:
But he said this, not that he was caring for the poor, but that he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried away the things being put in .

ESV Translation:
He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Footnotes

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The Tongues Guardian

Strongs Greek NT #1101 γλωσσόκομον, glóssokomon. Tongue Keeper, Language Guardian.

The word "γλωσσόκομον" (glōssokomon) is a compound word in ancient Greek. It is composed of: "γλῶσσα" (glōssa): meaning "tongue" or "language." "κομός" (komos): meaning "care," "attention," or "keeping." So, "γλωσσόκομον" refers to a person or object that deals with or is involved in the management, study, or preservation of languages. It could be translated as "language keeper" or "language guardian," and it may refer to a linguist, a scholar of languages, or a repository of linguistic knowledge. Used for "Chest" which held money in the Septuagint (2 Chr 24:8, 2 Chr 24:10, 2 Chr 24:11).

The word only occurs in John 12:6 and 13:29. It is a specific New Testament version of an earlier word, γλωσσοκομεῖον, (glōssokomeion). Translators and scholars have traditionally referred to the earlier version for definition:

Strong's Exhaustive Concordances:

"From glossa and the base of kosmos; properly, a case (to keep mouthpieces of wind-instruments in) i.e. (by extension) a casket or (specially) purse -- bag."

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

• a. a case in which to keep the mouth-pieces of wind instruments.
• b. a small box for other uses also; especially a casket, purse to keep money

Bill Mounce:

Definition: 

pr. a box for keeping the tongues, mouth-pieces, or reeds of musical instruments; hence, genr. any box or receptacle; in NT a purse, money-bag, Jn. 12:6; 13:29*

 

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889:

a case for the mouthpiece of a pipe: generally, a case, casket, NTest.