Silk
σηρικόςStrong’s G4596sērikos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sērikos is the Greek word usually translated “silk”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,”
Meaning
Usually translated “silk”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of silk 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σηρικός sērikos · silk
σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός; see Mayser, 150; WH, Notes, 151), -ή, -όν (οἱ Σῆρες, a people of India from whom the ancients got the first silk), silk, silken; as subst., τὸ σ., silken fabric, silk: Rev.18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J., vii, 5, 4).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “silk” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SILK, noun
- The fine soft thread produced by the insect called silk-worm or bombyx.
- Cloth made of silk In this sense, the word has a plural, silks, denoting different sort and varieties, as black silk white silk colored silks.
- The filiform style of the female flower of maiz, which resembles real silk in fineness and softness.
All definitions and other forms of “silk”
SILK, adjective
Pertaining to silk; consisting of silk
SILK COTTEN-TREE, noun
A tree of the genus Bombax, growing to an immense size; a native of both the Indies.
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.