Silk — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Fine, delicate thread extracted from the cocoon of the silkworm. Originating in China, silk may have been introduced into Palestine as early as Solomon’s reign (970–930 BC), or perhaps not until the conquests of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC). A fine silken fabric was apparently included in the fashionable attire of Jerusalem (Ez 16:10-13). Revelation 18:12 lists silk as a valuable trade commodity of Babylon (Rome).

Show passage in OET: EZE 16:10–13

OET-RV EZE 16:10

10 Then I dressed you in embroidered clothes and put leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you in fine linen, then covered you with silk.

OET-RV EZE 16:11

11 Next I adorned you with jewellery, and I put bracelets on your hands and a chain around your neck.

OET-RV EZE 16:12

12 I put a ring in your nose and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

OET-RV EZE 16:13

13 So you were adorned with gold and silver, and you were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes. You ate good food made from fine flour, honey, and oil, and you were very beautiful, and you became a queen.

OET-LV EZE 16:10

10 And_I_clothed _you multicoloured _material and_I_shod _you leather and_I_wrapped _your _head with _(the)_linen and_I_covered _you silk.

OET-LV EZE 16:11

11 And_I_adorned _you ornament[s] and_I_put bracelets on hands _of_your and_a _chain on neck _of_your.

OET-LV EZE 16:12

12 And_I _put a _ring on nose _of_your and_earrings on ears _of_your and_a _crown _of beauty on_head _of_your.

OET-LV EZE 16:13

13 And_you _adorned _yourself gold and_silver and_clothing _of_your was_fine _linen and_silk and_multicoloured _material fine _flour and_honey and_oil you _ate and_you _were _beautiful with_muchness muchness and_you _prospered into_kingship.

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,

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