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Lexicon :: Strong's G1039 - byssinos

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βύσσινος
Transliteration
byssinos (Key)
Pronunciation
boos'-see-nos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

βύσσινος býssinos, boos'-see-nos; from G1040; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth):—fine linen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1039 in the following manner: fine linen (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1039 in the following manner: fine linen (4x).

  1. a fine linen (garment)

  2. made of fine linen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βύσσινος býssinos, boos'-see-nos; from G1040; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth):—fine linen.
STRONGS G1039:
βύσσινος, -η, -ον, (ἡ βύσσος, which see; cf. ἀκάνθινος, ἀμαράντινος), made of fine linen; neuter βύσσινον namely, ἱμάτιον (Winers Grammar, 591 (550); [Buttmann, 82 (72)]) (a) fine linen (garment): Revelation 18:12 (Rec. βύσσου), Revelation 18:16; Revelation 19:8, 14 [WH marginal reading λευκοβύσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)]. (Genesis 41:42; 1 Chronicles 15:27. Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1, 85; Plutarch, others.)

Related entry:
[λευκοβύσσινον: Revelation 19:14 WH marginal reading, others βύσσινον λευκ. see in βύσσινος.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
41:42
1 Chronicles
15:27
Revelation
18:12; 18:16; 19:8; 19:14; 19:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1039 matches the Greek βύσσινος (byssinos),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - And Pharao took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold about his neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - And the fringes of the garments shall be of fine linen; and thou shalt make a tire of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - (LXX 36:34) And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was girt with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who were bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chonenias the master of the band of singers; also upon David there was a robe of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - that all the singing Levites assigned to the sons of Asaph, to Æman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, were standing before the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, blowing trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - which was adorned with hangings of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: there were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, having roses worked round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - And Mardochæus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - and those made of fine linen, and the purple ones, and the scarlet ones, and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - So thou wast adorned with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: thou didst eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and didst become extremely beautiful.
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