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βύσσινος

Strong’s: G1039

Associated OET lemmas: βύσσινος

Other spellings: βύσσινον

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

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: βύσσινος; -η, -ον

Related lemmas: βύσσος

Sense 1: cloth of fine linen

Semantic entry: 6.167

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

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

Further resources: realia:1.5.3.7

Show passage in OET: REV 18:12

OET-RV REV 18:12

12 gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth, expensive wood and carved ivory containers and every kind of container made from the costliest wood and bronze and iron and marble,

OET-LV REV 18:12

12 cargo of _gold, and of _silver, and of _stone precious, and of _pearls, and of _linen, and of _purple, and of _silk, and of _scarlet, and all wood citron, and every object ivory, and every object of wood most _precious, and of _bronze, and of _iron, and of _marble,

Show passage in OET: REV 18:16

OET-RV REV 18:16

16 saying, “That famous city that used to dress in fine linen and scarlet and be adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls has come to a bad end

OET-LV REV 18:16

16 saying:
Woe, woe, the city the great, you having _been _clothed in _linen, and purple, and scarlet, and having _been _gilded with gold, and stone precious, and pearl.

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

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