G1039: βύσσινος (býssinos)

G1039 βύσσινος (býssinos)

Greek

Quick Definition

βύσσινος, η, ον Adj of fine linen, cotton

Strong's Definition

from 1040; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)

KJV Usage: fine linen

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βύσσινος (G1039) — βύσσινον

adjc. | -η, -ον | βύσσος

6.167 · Artifacts · Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

cloth of fine linen (derivative of βύσσος ‘fine linen,’ 6.166) cloth consisting of fine linen

REV 18:12 · REV 18:16 · REV 19:8 · REV 19:8 · REV 19:14

¹ REV 18:12 From the context of REV 18:12 it is impossible to determine whether the referents of βύσσινον (6.167), σιρικόν (6.168), and πορφύρα (6.169) are cloth or garments made of linen, silk, and purple cloth respectively.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βύσσινος, -7, -ov, (ἡ βύσσος, q. v.; cf. ἀκάνθινος, ἀμαpavrwos), made of fine linen; neut. βύσσινον se. ἱμάτιον ΟΥ̓. 591 (550); [B. 82 (72)]), (a) fine linen (garment): Rev. xviii. 12 (Rec. βύσσου), 16; xix. 8, 14 [WHmrg. λευκοβύσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)]. (Gen. xli. 42; 1 Chr. xv. 27. Aeschyl., Hdt., Eur., Diod. 1, 85; Plut., al)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βύσσινος byssinos 5x

made of fine linen or fine cotton, Rev. 18:16; 18:8 (2x), 14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βύσσινος, -η, -ον

(< βύσσος), [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ, etc. ;]

made of βύσσος, fine linen: Re 18:12, 16 19:8, 14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βύσσινος. The manufacture of this famous material (τὰ βύσσινα, with or without ὀθόνια) seems to have been a Government monopoly in Egypt, and it was carried on under the direction of the priests in the temples, which were hives of industry as well as of devotion. The output of these early ecclesiastics ranged from lawn to beer, as we see from P Eleph 27a" (p.c. 225-4) with the editor’s note and P Lond 1177 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 182). See also for the linen monopoly Wilcken Os¢v. i. p. 266 ff. and Dittenberger’s note to OG/S 90"? (the Rosetta Stone—B.c. 196) τῶν τ᾽ εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν συντελουμένων ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς βυσσίνων ὀθονίων ἀπέλυσεν τὰ δύο μέρη.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βύσσινος (bussinos) — fine linen. βύσσινος, η, ον, made of βύσσος, σινδὼν β. fine linen bandage, used for mummy-cloths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βύσσινον, τό, [LXX+NT]

II. ={πορφυροῦς}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]