Strong's Concordance sérikos: silk. Original Word: σηρικός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sérikos Phonetic Spelling: (say-ree-kos') Short Definition: silken Definition: silken, silk. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4596: σηρικόςσηρικός (Lachmann, the major edition, T WH σιρικός (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 151)), σηρικη, σηρικον (Σήρ, Σηρες, the Seres, a people of India (probably modern China; yet on the name cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word; Dict. of Geog., under the word Serica)); 1. properly, pertaining to the Seres. 2. silken: τό σηρικον, silk, i. e. the fabric, silken garments. Revelation 18:12. ((Strabo, Plutarch, Arrian, Lucian); ἐσθήσεσι σηρικαις, Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 4.) STRONGS NT 4596: σιρικόςσιρικός, see σηρικός. From Ser (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured; hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. Silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric) -- silk. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 45961 Occurrence σιρικοῦ — 1 Occ. Revelation 18:12 Adj-GNS GRK: πορφύρας καὶ σιρικοῦ καὶ κοκκίνου NAS: and purple and silk and scarlet, KJV: purple, and silk, and scarlet, INT: of purple and of silk and of scarlet |