King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1039
Transliteration: byssinos
Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-see-nos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fine linen
Meaning: fine linen
βύσσινος, βυσσίνῃ, βύσσινον (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),; (WH marginal reading λευκοβυσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)). (Genesis 41:42; 1 Chronicles 15:21. Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1, 85; Plutarch, others.)
Word Summary
byssinos: fine linen
Original Word: βύσσινοςTransliteration: byssinos
Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-see-nos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fine linen
Meaning: fine linen
Strong's Concordance
fine linen. From bussos; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth) -- fine linen.
see GREEK bussos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1039: βύσσινοςβύσσινος, βυσσίνῃ, βύσσινον (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),