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βύσσινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βύσσινος βύσσινη βύσσινον

Structure: βυσσιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of bu/ssos, sindw/n b. a fine linen bandage, used for mummy-cloths,

Examples

  • καὶ περιελόμενοσ Φαραὼ τὸν δακτύλιον ἀπὸ τῆσ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ, περιέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπί τὴν χεῖρα Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὸν στολὴν βυσσίνην καὶ περιέθηκε κλοιὸν χρυσοῦν περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:42)
  • καὶ οἱ κοσυμβωτοὶ τῶν χιτώνων ἐκ βύσσου. καὶ ποιήσεισ κίδαριν βυσσίνην καὶ ζώνην ποιήσεισ, ἔργον ποικιλτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:35)
  • καὶ πορφύραν περιβαλέσθαι καὶ ἐν χρυσώμασι πίνειν καὶ ἐπὶ χρυσῷ καθεύδεν καὶ ἅρμα χρυσοχάλινον καὶ κίδαριν βυσσίνην καὶ μανιάκην περὶ τὸν τράχηλον, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:6)
  • ἐνεγκάτωσαν οἱ παῖδεσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ στολὴν βυσσίνην, ἣν ὁ βασιλεὺσ περιβάλλεται, καὶ ἵππον ἐφ̓ ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐπιβαίνει, (Septuagint, Liber Esther 6:8)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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