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Sheet

ὀθόνηStrong’s G3607

othonē

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Othonē is the Greek word usually translated “sheet”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:”
Acts 10:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sheet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a sheet 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὀθόνη othonē · sheet

ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ (of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. אֵטוּן, yarn) 1. fine linen (Hom., al.). 2. Later, a sheet or sail: Act.10:11 11:5.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sheet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SHEET, noun

[Latin schenda; Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on; Latin scindo, Gr.]

  1. A broad piece of cloth used as part of bed-furniture.
  2. A broad piece of paper as it comes from the manufacturer.
  3. A piece of paper printed, folede and bound, or formed in to a book in blank, and making four, eight, sixteen or twenty-four pages, etc.
  4. Any thing expanded; as a sheet of water or of fire; a sheet of copper, lead or iron.
All definitions and other forms of “sheet”
  1. Sheets, plural a book or pamphlet.
  2. A sail.

SHEET, noun

In nautical language, a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail to extend and retain it in a particular situation. When a ship sails with a side-wind, the lower corners of the main and fore-sails are fastened with a tackand a sheet.

    SHEET, verb transitive

    1. To furnish with sheets. [Little used.]
    2. To fold in a sheet [Little used.]
    3. To cover as with a sheet; to cover with something broad and thin.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.