What does βύσσινος (býssinos) mean in the Bible?
βύσσινος (býssinos) is a Greek word meaning "made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)".
Greek · G1039
βύσσινος
Made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)
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βύσσινος G1039
Pronunciation býssinos
What does βύσσινος (býssinos) mean in the Bible?
βύσσινος (býssinos) is a Greek word meaning "made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1039?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fine linen (4), fine linen [ she wears ] (1).
Where does βύσσινος (býssinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 18:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (5).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It fine linen 4× Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:14
fine linen [ she wears ] 1× Revelation 19:8
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Revelation 18:12 βυσσίνου to fine linen Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular Revelation 18:16 βύσσινον to fine linen Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 19:8 βύσσινον to fine linen Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 19:8 βύσσινον to fine linen [ she wears ] Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Revelation 19:14 βύσσινον to fine linen Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 18:12
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 1
Revelation 5
Source forms
βύσσινον 4x byssinon Revelation 18:16, Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:14
βυσσίνου 1x byssinou Revelation 18:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Revelation 18:16, Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:14
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 18:12
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 19:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)
Strong's G1039
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
made of linen (neuter a linen cloth)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 18:16 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βύσσινον bussinon
of fine linen, cotton
Read verse Revelation 19:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βύσσινον bussinon
of fine linen, cotton
Read verse Revelation 19:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
βύσσινον bussinon
of fine linen, cotton
Read verse Revelation 19:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βύσσινον bussinon
of fine linen, cotton
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 19:8 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Rev 18:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 18:16 · Rev 19:8 · Rev 19:14 3×
Word Origins
βύσσινος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain