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Strong's #3607 - ὀθόνη
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- linen (i.e. fine white linen for women's clothing)
- linen clothes (sheet or sail)
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ὀθόν-η, ἡ,
1. fine linen, in Hom. always pl., fine linen cloths, Od. 7.107; of a woman's dress, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν Il. 3.141, cf. 18.595; ὀθόναις ἐσταλμένος Luc. DMort. 3.2: sg., a cloth, Acts 10:11, Acts 11:5, Gal. 11.134, 6.795.
2. later, sails, πνεύσεται εἰς ὀθόνας AP 12.53.8 (Mel.), cf. 10.5 (Thyill.): sg., sail-cloth, sail, Luc. JTr. 46, VH 2.37.
3. in pl., of the membranes that enclose the pupil of the eye, Emp. 84.8.
ὀθόνη, ὀθονης, ἡ (from Homer down);
a. linen (i. e. fine white linen for women's clothing; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word).
b. linen cloth (sheet or sail); so Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5.
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* ὀθόνη , -ης , ἡ
(of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. H330, yarn);
1. fine linen (Hom., al.).
2. Later, a sheet or sail: Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5.†
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P Grenf I. 47.14 (A.D. 148) ὁ δὲ Λεοντᾶς ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος οὐχ ὁρατός, ἐμφανὴς κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον προῆλθον. Cf. s.v. ἀόρατος.
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