fine linen
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
βύσσος, -οῦ, ἡ (cf. Heb. בּוּץ), [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ;] byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Luk.16:19. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
βύσσος, ἡ,
flax, and
the linen made from it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; used of
perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+], and of
Linum usitatissimum, ={λίνον Ἑβραίων}, [
Refs]; also, in later writers, of
Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; and of
silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
Morphhology:
Noun Feminine
Definition:
white linen; fine linen; of Hebrew origin (
h948);