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Lexicon :: Strong's G4616 - sindōn

Aa
σινδών
Transliteration
sindōn (Key)
Pronunciation
sin-done'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin
mGNT
6x in 2 unique form(s) TR
6x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

σινδών sindṓn, sin-done'; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):—(fine) linen (cloth).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4616 in the following manner: linen cloth (3x), linen (2x), fine linen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4616 in the following manner: linen cloth (3x), linen (2x), fine linen (1x).

  1. linen cloth, esp. that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped

  2. thing made of fine cloth

    1. of a light and loose garment worn at night over a naked body

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σινδών sindṓn, sin-done'; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):—(fine) linen (cloth).
STRONGS G4616:
σινδών, 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 (Prov. 31:24), fine cloth (Latinsindon), i. e.:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
14:12
Proverbs
31:24
Matthew
27:59
Mark
14:51; 15:46
Luke
23:53

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4616 matches the Greek σινδών (sindōn),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59 - And Joseph G2501 took G2983 the body G4983 and wrapped G1794 it in a clean G2513 linen G4616 cloth, G4616

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51 - A young G3495 man G3495 was following G4870 Him, wearing G4016 nothing but a linen G4616 sheet G4616 over G1909 his naked G1131 body; and they *seized G2902 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - But he [fn]pulled G2641 free G2641 of the linen G4616 sheet G4616 and escaped G5343 naked. G1131

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - Joseph bought G59 a linen G4616 cloth, G4616 took G2507 Him down, G2507 wrapped G1750 Him in the linen G4616 cloth G4616 and laid G2698 Him in a tomb G3418 which G3739 had been G1510 hewn G2998 out in the rock; G4073 and he rolled G4351 a stone G3037 against G1909 the entrance G2374 of the tomb. G3419

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 - And he took G2507 it down G2507 and wrapped G1794 it in a linen G4616 cloth, G4616 and laid G5087 Him in a tomb G3418 cut G2991 into the rock, G2991 where G3757 no G3756 one G3762 had ever G3768 lain. G2749
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