Words the Bible translates as linen
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sheshשֵׁשׁfine linen: a costly, bright white cloth used for sacred and royal garments
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- alabaster or white marble: a costly pale stone used for columns and paving
- badבַּדlinen: the plain, undyed white cloth of sacred clothing, worn by priests and by heavenly figures
- pishtehפֵּשֶׁתflax: the fiber plant and the raw fiber combed from it, and the linen thread and cloth woven from it
- linonλίνονlinen/wicknot studied yet
- sindōnσινδώνlinennot studied yet
- butsבּוּץfine linen: a costly, bright white cloth of flax, the luxury fabric of temple furnishings, royal dress, and foreign trade in the later Old Testament books
- sadinסָדִיןa linen wrap: a large rectangle of fine linen worn draped around the body, and traded as a costly cloth
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