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Lexicon :: Strong's G4616 - sindōn

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σινδών
Transliteration
sindōn (Key)
Pronunciation
sin-done'
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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)
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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.
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59 - And G2532 when Joseph G2501 had taken G2983 the body, G4983 he wrapped G1794 it G846 in a clean G2513 linen cloth, G4616

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51 - And G2532 there followed G190 him G846 a G1520 certain G5100 young man, G3495 having a linen cloth G4616 cast G4016 about G1909 his naked G1131 body; and G2532 the young men G3495 laid hold G2902 on him: G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - And G1161 he left G2641 the linen cloth, G4616 and fled G5343 from G575 them G846 naked. G1131

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - And G2532 he bought G59 fine linen, G4616 and G2532 took him down, G2507 and wrapped G1750 him G846 in the linen, G4616 and G2532 laid G2698 him G846 in G1722 a sepulchre G3419 which G3739 was G2258 hewn G2998 out of G1537 a rock, G4073 and G2532 rolled G4351 a stone G3037 unto G1909 the door G2374 of the sepulchre. G3419

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 - And G2532 he took G2507 ➔ it G846 down, G2507 and wrapped G1794 it G846 in linen, G4616 and G2532 laid G5087 it G846 in G1722 a sepulchre G3418 that was hewn in stone, G2991 wherein G3757 never G3756 man G3764 before G3762 was G2258 laid. G2749
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