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βύσσος

býssos · G1040 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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A word for 2 things

Meanings

  1. fine linen

    High quality cloth made from the stems of the flax plant; known for its strength and coolness

    Examples

    Luke 16:19 “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day.

How it’s used In 1 role

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the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
σινδών sindṓn · G4616 · linen cloth
σινδών (“fine linen, bleached linen cloth or garment”) and the target term both denote fine linen fabric, differing mainly in whether the emphasis falls on the quality of the material or on the cloth or garment made from it — a real but narrow distinction within a shared reference to high-quality linen.
In the other Testament 1 word
שֵׁשׁ shêsh · H8336 · six, sixty
Hebrew term for fine linen fabric, directly rendered by Greek βύσσος in LXX translation contexts; both denote high-quality linen material used in priestly garments and tabernacle furnishings.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Fine linen6.166
Used of costly linen clothing, as of the rich man habitually dressed in purple and fine linen in Luke 16:19.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βύσσοςbýssos · G1040βύσσινος býssinos · G1039 · cloth of fine linen · 5×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βύσσου, ἡ (Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), byssus, a species of Egyptian flax…
βύσσου, ἡ (Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), byssus, a species of Egyptian flax (found also in India and Achaia) — or linen made from it — very costly, delicate, soft, white, and also of a yellow color (see respecting it Pollux, onomast. 50:7 c. 17 § 75): Lk 16:19; Rev 18:12 Rec. (In the Sept. generally for שֵׁשׁ, also בּוּץ, cf. 1 Chr 15:27; 2 Chr 5:12; cf. Winers RWB under the word Baumwolle; (BB. DD., see under the words, and ). Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 1f; 3, 7, 2; Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 20 (p. 71, Olear. edition); on the flax of Achaia growing about Elis, cf. Pausanias, 5, 5, 2; 7, 21, 7.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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