Quick Definition
a linen cloth, sheet
Strong's Definition
a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: sheet
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀθόνη, ὀθονης, ἡ (from Homer down);
a. linen (i. e. fine white linen for women's clothing; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word).
b. linen cloth (sheet or sail); so Act_10:11; Act_11:5.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀθόνη othonē 2x
pr. fine linen; a linen cloth; a sheet, Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὀθόνη , -ης , ἡ
(of Semitic origin, cf. Heb . H330 , yarn);
1. fine linen ( Hom ., al .).
2. Later, a sheet or sail: Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀθόνη [page 439]
ὀθόνη does not occur in the LXX, and in the NT is confined to Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5 : on the possibility that we have here the reminiscence of a medical phrase see Hobart p. 218 f. See also Mart. Polyc. xv.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὀθόνη ὀθόνη, ἡ, "fine linen", in pl., "fine linen cloths", Hom. "sails", Anth. : in sg. "a sail", Luc. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ
(of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. אֵטוּן, yarn)
__1. fine linen (Hom., al.).
__2. Later, a sheet or sail: Act.10:11 11:5.†
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