Strong's Lexicon
G4616 — σινδών
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4616 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σινδών |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | sindon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sin-done' |
| Meaning: | 1. byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it) |
| KJV Renderings: | (fine) linen (cloth) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σινδών, σινδονος, ἡ (of uncertain origin; Sanskritsindhu (Egyptian,sehenti or ’sent’; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter under the word); the Sept. for ñÈãÄéï, Jdg 14:12; Proverbs 29:42 (), fine cloth (Latinsindon), i. e.:
1. linen cloth, especially that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped: Mat 27:59; Mar 15:46; Luk 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, Mar 14:51 f (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.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
σινδών ((fine) linen (cloth))
Matthew 27:59
- KJV: And when Joseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
- GK: και λαβών το σώμα ο Ιωσήφ ενετύλιξεν αυτό σινδόνι καθαρά
Mark 14:51
- KJV: And there followed him a certain young man having a linen cloth cast about naked and the young men laid hold on him
- GK: και εις τις νεανίσκος ηκολούθει αυτώ περιβεβλημένος σινδόνα επί γυμνού και κρατούσιν αυτόν οι νεανίσκοι
Mark 14:52
- KJV: And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked
- GK: ο δε καταλιπών την σινδόνα γυμνός έφυγεν απ΄ αυτών
Mark 15:46
- KJV: And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre
- GK: και αγοράσας σινδόνα και καθελών αυτόν ενείλησε τη σινδόνι και κατέθηκεν αυτόν εν μνημείω ο ην λελατομημένον εκ πέτρας και προσεκύλισε λίθον επί την θύραν του μνημείου
Luke 23:53
- KJV: And he took it down and wrapped it in linen and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone wherein never man before was laid
- GK: και καθελών αυτό ενετύλιξεν αυτό σινδόνι και έθηκεν αυτό εν μνήματι λαξευτώ ου ουκ ην ουδέπω ουδείς κείμενος