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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, , -ον, ( 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 4 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - “How terrible, how terrible for that great city!
She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens,
decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls!
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:8 - She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.”
For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:14 - The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses.
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