Lexicon bussos: byssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made from it) Original Word: βύσσος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: bussos Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-sos) Short Definition: fine linen, cotton Definition: fine linen, cotton. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1040 býssos – fine linen, i.e. a very expensive (sought-after) form of linen – "a specific species of Egyptian flax or linen made from it that is very costly, delicate" (J. Thayer). See 1039 (byssinos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin butsDefinitionbyssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made from it) NASB Translationfine linen (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1040: βύσσοςβύσσος, βύσσου, ἡ ( Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), byssus, a species of Egyptian flax (found also in India and Achaia) — or linen made from it — very costly, delicate, soft, white, and also of a yellow color (see respecting it Pollux, onomast. 50:7 c. 17 § 75): Luke 16:19; Revelation 18:12 Rec. (In the Sept. generally for שֵׁשׁ, also בּוּץ, cf. 1 Chronicles 15:27; 2 Chronicles 5:12; cf. Winers RWB under the word Baumwolle; ( BB. DD., see under the words, and ). Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 1f; 3, 7, 2; Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 20 (p. 71, Olear. edition); on the flax of Achaia growing about Elis, cf. Pausanias, 5, 5, 2; 7, 21, 7.)
Strong's fine linen. Of Hebrew origin (buwts); white linen -- fine linen. see HEBREW buwts |
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