Definition

made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)

Etymology

from G1040 (βύσσος);

Word family

• βύσσος býssos

How the KJV renders it

• fine linen

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.