σινδών
sindōn
“linen”
Definition
byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
σινδών appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,
but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.
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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