Help QuickNav Adv. Options
CSB

CSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G4616 - sindōn

Choose a new font size and typeface
σινδών
Transliteration
sindōn (Key)
Pronunciation
sin-done'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin
mGNT
6x in 2 unique form(s) TR
6x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

σινδών sindṓn, sin-done'; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):—(fine) linen (cloth).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4616 in the following manner: linen cloth (3x), linen (2x), fine linen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4616 in the following manner: linen cloth (3x), linen (2x), fine linen (1x).

  1. linen cloth, esp. that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped

  2. thing made of fine cloth

    1. of a light and loose garment worn at night over a naked body

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σινδών sindṓn, sin-done'; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):—(fine) linen (cloth).
STRONGS G4616:
σινδών, σινδονος, ἡ (of uncertain origin; Sanskritsindhu (Egyptian,sehenti or 'sent'; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter under the word); the Sept. for סָדִין, Judges 14:12; Proverbs 29:42 (Prov. 31:24), fine cloth (Latinsindon), i. e.:
1. linen cloth, especially that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped: Matthew 27:59; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53 (cf. Herodotus 2, 86 who says of the Egyptians, κατειλισσουσι πᾶν τό σῶμα σινδονος βυσσινης (see Wilkinson's note in Rawlinson's Herod. 3rd edition, the passage cited)).
2. thing made of fine cloth: so of a light and loose garment worn at night over the naked body, Mark 14:51f (others suppose a sheet rather than a shirt to be referred to; A. V. linen cloth; cf. B. D. American edition, under the word Sheets). (Besides Herodotus, the writers Sophocles, Thucydides, Strabo, Lucian, others use the word.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
14:12
Proverbs
31:24
Matthew
27:59
Mark
14:51; 15:46
Luke
23:53

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4616 matches the Greek σινδών (sindōn),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59 -

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51 -

Now a certain young man, wearing nothing but a linen cloth, was following him. They caught hold of him,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 -

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 -

After he bought some linen cloth, Joseph took him down and wrapped him in the linen. Then he laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 -

Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.[fn]

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
CSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
CSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan