Strong G1040βύσσος
fine linen
- Transliteration
- bussos
- Pronunciation
- boos'-sos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H948]; white linen: - fine linen.
Detailed definition
βύσσος, -οῦ, ἡ (cf. Heb. בּוּץ),
[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ;]
byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Luk.16:19.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ;]
byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Luk.16:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1040 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- linen2
First verses
- Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βύσσος, ἡ,
flax, and the linen made from it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 93, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.73, etc.)]; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.26.6)], and of Linum usitatissimum, ={λίνον Ἑβραίων}, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.5.2)]; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.76, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.20)]; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.20.)]
flax, and the linen made from it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 93, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.73, etc.)]; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.26.6)], and of Linum usitatissimum, ={λίνον Ἑβραίων}, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.5.2)]; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.76, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.20)]; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.20.)]