Greek adjective · G1039
βύσσινος
byssinosboos'-see-nos
fine linen
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: býssinos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1039is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1039
made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)
The King James renders it: fine linen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
byssinos is rendered "fine linen". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Revelation 18:12cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
Revelation 18:12βυσσίνου
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's five uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fine linen3
- of fine linen1
- the fine linen1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| βύσσος | byssos | fine linen | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βύσσινον4
- βυσσίνου1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular3A-ASN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1A-GSN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1A-NSN
Revelation
five uses
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- βυσσίνουbussinouadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of fine linen
saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- βύσσινονbussinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: fine linen
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
- βύσσινονbussinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: fine linen
- βύσσινονbussinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: the fine linen
The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
- βύσσινονbussinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: fine linen
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.