βύσσινοςbýssinos
made of βύσσος, fine linen: Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:14.
Greek (New Testament) · G1039
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Revelation 18:12 She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth; things made of fragrant thyine wood, ivory goods, and objects made of expensive wood; and bronze, iron, and marble.
- Revelation 18:16 “How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens, decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- Revelation 19:8 She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.” For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people.
- Revelation 19:14 The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.