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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59 - And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen G4616 cloth G4616,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51 -

And a young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen G4616 sheet G4616 over his naked body; and they *seized him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - But he [fn]pulled free of the linen G4616 sheet G4616 and escaped naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - And when Joseph had bought a linen G4616 cloth G4616 and took Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen G4616 cloth G4616 and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 - And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen G4616 cloth G4616, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.
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