Original Word: βύσσος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: bussos
Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-sos)
Definition: byssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made from it)
Usage: fine linen, cotton.

Cognate: 1040 býssos – fine linen, i.e. a very expensive (sought-after) form of linen – "a specific species of Egyptian flax or linen made from it that is very costly, delicate" (J. Thayer). See 1039 (byssinos).

Word Origin
of Hebrew origin buts
Definition
byssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made from it)
NASB Translation
fine linen (1).

STRONGS NT 1040: βύσσος

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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fine linen.

Of Hebrew origin (buwts); white linen -- fine linen.

see HEBREW buwts

Forms and Transliterations

βυούσης βυσσον βύσσον βύσσος βύσσου βύσσω βώλακας βώλους busson bysson býsson

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