BAGGAGE. The materiel, impedimenta of a military force or caravan. One of the meanings of כְּלִי, H3998, appears in numerous historical passages in the OT as 1 Samuel 17:22, KJV “carriage,” ASV “baggage.” The term is extended to cover the special equipment of many stations and the finery of the bridegroom (Isa 61:10, etc.), cognate to Akkad. and Ugaritic expressions. The Gr. noun, ἀποσκευή, is not found in the NT but is found frequently in the Apoc. and Pseudep. The verbal form appears in Acts 21:15 in the compound with ἐπι. All such have been interpreted to mean the loading and unloading of draft animals but this is unlikely.