Senses
1. fine linen (fabric) — Fine linen or byssus, a high-quality textile used in priestly garments and tabernacle furnishings. All translations converge: Spanish 'lino/lino fino' (linen/fine linen), Arabic 'كَتّانٍ/بُوصًا' (linen/byssus), Hindi 'सन/बारीक कपड़ा' (flax/fine cloth), Korean '고운 베/세마포' (fine cloth/fine linen), Swahili 'kitani/kitani safi' (linen/fine linen). The split is purely grammatical—conjunctive 'and fine linen' versus bare noun or prepositional 'in fine linen'—with no semantic distinction. 38×
AR["بُوصٍ","كَتّانًا","كَتّانٍ","مِن-كتّانٍ","وَ-بُوصٌ","وَ-بُوصٍ","وَ-كتّاناً","وَ-كتّانٌ","وَ-كَتّاناً","وَ-كَتّانٌ","وَ-كَتّانٍ"]·ben["এবং-মসীনা-সুতা","এবং-মসৃণ-মসিনা","এবং-মসৃণ-শণ","মসৃণ-শণ","মসৃণ-শণের","মিহিন-সুতার"]·DE["Leinen","feines-Leinen","und-fein-Leinen","und-feines-Leinen"]·EN["and-fine-linen","fine-linen"]·FR["et-fin-lin","fin-lin"]·heb["ו-שש","שש"]·HI["और-बारीक-कपड़ा","और-बारीक-सन","और-सन","बारीक-कपड़ा","बारीक-सन","मलमल-के"]·ID["dan-lenan halus","dan-lenan-halus","lenan halus","lenan-halus","linen-halus"]·IT["e-fine-lino","e-lino-fino","lino-fino"]·jav["lan-lena-alus","lan-linen","lan-linen-alus","lena-alus","linen","linen-alus,"]·KO["고운-베","고운-베의","그리고-고운-베","그리고-고운-베와","그리고-세마포","세마포의"]·PT["e-linho","e-linho-fino","e-pôs","linho-fino"]·RU["виссон","виссона","и-виссон"]·ES["lino","lino-fino","y-lino"]·SW["kitani","kitani-laini","na-kitani","na-kitani-bora","na-kitani-laini","ya-kitani-laini"]·TR["ince-keten","ve-ince-keten"]·urd["اور-باریک-کتان","اور-کتان","باریک-کتان","باریک-کتان-کا","باریک-کتان-کے"]
Gen 41:42, Exod 25:4, Exod 26:1, Exod 26:31, Exod 26:36, Exod 27:9, Exod 27:16, Exod 27:18, Exod 28:5, Exod 28:6, Exod 28:8, Exod 28:15 (+26 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. שֵׁשׁ n.m. Ex 26:1 byssus (loan-wd. prob. from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap. DHM VOJ viii (1894), 7 Copt. šens, cf. Copt. šent, weave; v. MʿLeanEncy. Bib. linen; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.);—always abs. שׁ׳ (שׁשׁי Ez 16:13 is error):—byssus, fine Egyptian linen (בּוּץ, q.v., is later synon.), i.e. the linen thread (spun by…