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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1040 - βύσσος

Transliteration

býssos

Phonetics

boos'-sos

Origin

of Hebrew origin (H948)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

byssus, a species of Egyptian flax
linen made from byssus, very costly, delicate, soft, white and also of a yellow colour

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 948 ‑ בּוּץ (boots); 2353 ‑ חוּר (khoor); 5466 ‑ סָדִין (saw‑deen'); 8336 ‑ שְׁשִׁי (shaysh, shesh‑ee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Luke 1

Revelation 1

BSB (1)

Luke 1

CSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

KJV (2)

Luke 1

Revelation 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Luke 2

N95 (2)

Luke 2

NAS (2)

Luke 2

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Luke 1

Revelation 1

YLT (1)

Luke 1

ASV (2)

fine linen 2

BSB (1)

fine linen 1

CSB (1)

linen 1

ESV (1)

fine linen 1

KJV (2)

linen 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

fine 1

linen 1

N95 (2)

fine 1

linen 1

NAS (2)

fine 1

linen 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

fine linen 2

YLT (1)

fine linen 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

BGB

N-ASF 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

ELZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NA26

N-ASF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-ASF 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βύσσος, ἡ,

flax, and the linen made from it, Emp. 93, Theoc. 2.73, etc.; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, Paus. 6.26.6, and of Linum usitatissimum, = λίνον Ἑβραίων, Id. 5.5.2; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Poll. 7.76, Philostr. VA 2.20; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου Str. 15.1.20.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βύσσος, βύσσου, ἡ (Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), byssus, a species of Egyptian flax (found also in India and Achaia) — or linen made from it — very costly, delicate, soft, white, and also of a yellow color (see respecting it Pollux, onomast. 50:7 c. 17 § 75): Luke 16:19; Revelation 18:12 Rec. (In the Sept. generally for שֵׁשׁ, also בּוּץ, cf. 1 Chronicles 15:27; 2 Chronicles 5:12; cf. Winers RWB under the word Baumwolle; (BB. DD., see under the words, and ). Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 1f; 3, 7, 2; Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 20 (p. 71, Olear. edition); on the flax of Achaia growing about Elis, cf. Pausanias, 5, 5, 2; 7, 21, 7.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βύσσος , -ου , ἡ

(cf. Heb. H948),

[in LXX chiefly for H8336, H948;]

byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Luke 16:19.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this Hellenized Semitic word see P Gen I. 36.19 (A.D. 170) (= Chrest. I. 85) βύσσου στολίσματος πήχεις δέκα , and cf. P Tebt II. 313.20 (A.D. 210–1), 598 (A.D. 176–91).

List of Word Forms

βυούσης βυσσον βύσσον βύσσος βύσσου βύσσω βώλακας βώλους busson bysson býsson