G1039
G1039 — βύσσινος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
bussinos (boos'-see-nos) adj.
1. made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)
[from G1040]
KJV: fine linen
Root(s): G1040
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
fine linen
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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): Rev 18:12 (Rec. βύσσου), ; (WH marginal reading λευκοβυσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)). (Gen 41:42; 1Ch 15:21. Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1, 85; Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βύσσινος (fine linen)
Revelation 18:16
- KJV: And saying Alas alas that great city that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls
- GK: και λέγοντες ουαί ουαί η πόλις η μεγάλη η περιβεβλημένη βύσσινον και πορφυρούν και κόκκινον και κεχρυσωμένη εν χρυσώ και λίθω τιμίω και μαργαρίταις
Revelation 19:8
- KJV: And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints
- GK: και εδόθη αυτή ίνα περιβάληται βύσσινον λαμπρόν και καθαρόν το γαρ βύσσινον τα δικαιώματά εστι των αγίων
Revelation 19:14
- KJV: And the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses clothed in fine linen white and clean
- GK: και τα στρατεύματα τα εν τω ουρανώ ηκολούθει αυτώ επί ίπποις λευκοίς ενδεδυμένοι βύσσινον λευκόν καθαρον