Word Study · Strong's G4616 · Greek
σινδών
sindon
sin-done'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sindṓn
“byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)
Rendered in the KJV as
(fine) linen (cloth).
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- σινδόνι3
- σινδόνα2
- σινδόνα,1
How it is rendered · 4
- a linen cloth2
- linen cloth2
- a linen cloth,1
- in a linen cloth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 3
- N-DSF · 3
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew1 occurrence
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 14:51σινδόναsindonanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularOne young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,here: a linen cloth
- Mark 14:52σινδόναsindonanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularbut he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.here: linen cloth
- Mark 15:46σινδόνα,sindonanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.here: a linen cloth,
- Mark 15:46σινδόνιsindoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularSo Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.here: linen cloth