STRONGS G1039:
βύσσινος,
-η,
-ον, (
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):
Revelation 18:12 (
Rec. βύσσου),
Revelation 18:16;
Revelation 19:8,
14 [WH marginal reading
λευκοβύσσινον (for
βύσσινον λευκόν)]. (
Genesis 41:42;
1 Chronicles 15:27. Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1, 85; Plutarch, others.)
Related entry:
[
λευκοβύσσινον:
Revelation 19:14 WH marginal reading, others
βύσσινον λευκ. see in
βύσσινος.]
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