Strong’s G4616 · Greek

σινδών
sindṓn

Definition

byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)

Etymology

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin;

How the KJV renders it

  • (fine) linen (cloth)

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.