Strong's Concordance sindón: fine linen cloth Original Word: σινδών, όνος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sindón Phonetic Spelling: (sin-done') Short Definition: a linen cloth Definition: fine linen, a linen cloth. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4616: σινδώνσινδών, σινδονος, ἡ (of uncertain origin; Sanskritsindhu (Egyptian,sehenti or 'sent'; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter under the word); the Sept. for סָדִין, Judges 14:12; Proverbs 29:42 1. linen cloth, especially that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped: Matthew 27:59; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53 (cf. Herodotus 2, 86 who says of the Egyptians, κατειλισσουσι πᾶν τό σῶμα σινδονος βυσσινης (see Wilkinson's note in Rawlinson's Herod. 3rd edition, the passage cited)). 2. thing made of fine cloth: so of a light and loose garment worn at night over the naked body, Mark 14:51f (others suppose a sheet rather than a shirt to be referred to; A. V. linen cloth; cf. B. D. American edition, under the word Sheets). (Besides Herodotus, the writers Sophocles, Thucydides, Strabo, Lucian, others use the word.) Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. Bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it) -- (fine) linen (cloth). Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46166 Occurrences σινδόνα — 3 Occ. σινδόνι — 3 Occ. Matthew 27:59 N-DFS GRK: αὐτὸ ἐν σινδόνι καθαρᾷ NAS: and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, KJV: it in a clean linen cloth, INT: it in a linen cloth clean Mark 14:51 N-AFS Mark 14:52 N-AFS Mark 15:46 N-AFS Mark 15:46 N-DFS Luke 23:53 N-DFS |
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