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Vagabond

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(wanderer). In the Bible vagabond has the original meaning of fugitive or wanderer (Gen. 4:12¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (Genesis 4:12); Psa. 109:10¹⁰Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. (Psalm 109:10); Acts 19:13¹³Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. (Acts 19:13)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A term not used opprobriously in scripture, but as signifying a “wanderer”; from the Latin vagabundus (Gen. 4:12,14¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (Genesis 4:12)
¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. (Genesis 4:14); Psa. 109:10¹⁰Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. (Psalm 109:10)). In Acts 19:13¹³Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. (Acts 19:13) the RV has “strolling.”