ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΙΣ, βυσσινοις
BYSSINOIS, byssinois
Sounds Like: BYS-see-noys
Translations: of fine linen, made of fine linen, byssus
From the root: ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'made of fine linen' or 'of byssus'. It describes something that is composed of or related to fine linen, a luxurious and expensive fabric often used for priestly garments or royal attire in ancient times. In this inflected form, it is plural and can function as dative, locative, or instrumental, indicating 'to/for fine linen (things)', 'in fine linen (things)', or 'with fine linen (things)'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1040 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:87
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 1:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΑ — fine linen, of fine linen, a fine linen garment, fine linen garments
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΑΙΣ — fine linen, of fine linen, made of fine linen
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΑΣ — fine linen, of fine linen
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΗΝ — fine linen, of fine linen
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΝ — of fine linen, made of fine linen, byssine
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΥ — of fine linen, of byssus, (of) fine linen, (of) byssus
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΥΣ — of fine linen, made of fine linen
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΩ — of fine linen, made of fine linen, (with) fine linen
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝΩΝ — of fine linen, of byssus, of cotton
- ΒΥΣΣΙΝ‾Η‾ — of fine linen, fine linen, purple, a purple garment
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