σινδών
sindṓn
“byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)”
6 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
sindon; pr. fine Indian cloth; fine linen; in NT a linen garment, an upper garment or wrapper of fine linen, worn in summer by night, and used to envelope dead bodies, Mt. 27:59; Mk. 14:51, 52; 15:46; Lk. 23:53*
Translated in KJV as
(fine) linen (cloth)
Etymology
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin;
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