Lexicon bussinos: fine linen Original Word: βύσσινος, η, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: bussinos Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-see-nos) Short Definition: of fine linen, cotton Definition: of fine linen, cotton. HELPS word-Studies 1039 býssinos (an adjective derived from 1040 /býssos, "fine linen") – properly, made of fine linen; (figuratively) the unique glorification each believer is awarded by Christ at His return. Rev 19:8: "It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen (1039 /býssinos), bright and clean; for the fine linen (1039 /býssinos) is the righteous acts of the saints" (NASU). Rev 19:14: "And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen (1039 /býssinos), white and clean, were following Him on white horses" (NASU). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom bussosDefinitionfine linen NASB Translationfine linen (5).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1039: βύσσινοςβύσσινος, 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): Revelation 18:12 ( Rec. βύσσου), ; (WH marginal reading λευκοβυσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)). (Genesis 41:42; 1 Chronicles 15:21. Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1, 85; Plutarch, others.)
Strong's fine linen. From bussos; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth) -- fine linen. see GREEK bussos |
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