βύσσος G1040
Senses
1. sense 1 1×
AR["كَتَّانًا"]·ben["মসীনা"]·DE["βύσσον"]·EN["fine-linen"]·FR["fin-lin"]·heb["בוּץ"]·HI["महीन-कपड़ा"]·ID["linen-halus"]·IT["busson"]·jav["sutra,"]·KO["고운-베를"]·PT["de-linho-fino"]·RU["виссон"]·ES["de-lino-fino"]·SW["kitani-safi"]·TR["ince-keten"]·urd["مہین-کپڑے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
βύσσος, ἡ, flax, and the linen made from it, Refs 5th c.BC+; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, Refs 2nd c.AD+, and of Linum usitatissimum, ={λίνον Ἑβραίων}, Refs; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Refs 2nd c.AD+; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου Refs 1st c.BC+