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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: σηρικός

(Strong's #4596 — Adjective — serikos | sirikos — say-ree-kos' )

"silken," an adjective derived from the Seres, a people of India, who seem to have produced "silk" originally as a marketable commodity, is used as a noun with the article, denoting "silken fabric," Revelation 18:12 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Silk'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/silk.html. 1940.
 
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