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Linen
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Flax / linen: flax stem, fiber, yarn and woven and knitted linen textiles. Tray and samples of the textile cabinet in the Textielmuseum in Tilburg. Cabinet interior made by Simone de Waart, Material Sense.
Linen. Linum usitatissimum. שש šêš - Strongs: H8336, בּוּץ bûts - Strongs: H948; σινδών sindōn - Strongs: G4616, ὀθόνη othonē - Strongs: G3607, βύσσος bussos - Strongs: G1040, λίνον linon - Strongs: G3043.
From Morrish: Linen.
Various Hebrew and Greek words are translated 'linen,' and there can be no doubt that linen made of flax was known in ancient Egypt and to the Israelites; but cloths generally are called linen' whether made of cotton or flax, some being distinguished as 'fine linen,' such as was worn by the priests, kings, etc. The word shesh, often translated 'fine linen' and 'fine twined linen' (for the curtains of the tabernacle, etc.) signifies 'whiteness,' and is applicable to both fine linen and cotton. Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31. Joseph was arrayed in 'vestures of fine linen.' Genesis 41:42. The wrappings on the ancient Egyptian mummies were for a long time judged to be cotton, but by the use of the microscope they have been discovered to be linen.
Verses:
- Genesis 41:42
- Exodus 25:4
- Exodus 26:1
- Exodus 26:31
- Exodus 26:36
- Exodus 27:9
- Exodus 27:16
- Exodus 27:18
- Exodus 28:5
- Exodus 28:6
- Exodus 28:8
- Exodus 28:15
- Exodus 28:39
- Exodus 35:6
- Exodus 35:23
- Exodus 35:25
- Exodus 35:35
- Exodus 36:8
- Exodus 36:35
- Exodus 36:37
- Exodus 38:9
- Exodus 38:16
- Exodus 38:18
- Exodus 38:23
- Exodus 39:2
- Exodus 39:3
- Exodus 39:5
- Exodus 39:8
- Exodus 39:27
- Exodus 39:28
- Exodus 39:29
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
- 1 Chronicles 15:27
- 2 Chronicles 2:14
- 2 Chronicles 3:14
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
- Esther 1:6
- Esther 8:15
- Proverbs 7:16
- Proverbs 31:22
- Ezekiel 16:10
- Ezekiel 16:13
- Ezekiel 27:7
- Ezekiel 27:16
- Matthew 27:59
- Mark 14:51
- Mark 14:52
- Mark 15:46
- Luke 16:19
- Luke 23:53
- Luke 24:12
- John 19:40
- John 20:5
- John 20:6
- John 20:7
- Revelation 15:6
- Revelation 18:12
- Revelation 18:16
- Revelation 19:8
- Revelation 19:14
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/l/linen.html. 2024.
