GreekG4616Noun (Feminine)

σινδών

sindōn

5Occurrences
G4616Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
fine linen cloth; (a) as used for swathing dead bodies : ; (b) a garment or wrap of this material .
LXX: A, (סָדִין), A *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

σινδών appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
3
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 23:53BSB

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

Matthew 27:59BSB

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Mark 14:51BSB

One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

Mark 14:52BSB

but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Mark 15:46BSB

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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