Linen
σινδώνStrong’s G4616sindōn
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sindōn is the Greek word usually translated “linen cloth”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,”
Meaning
Usually translated “linen cloth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a linen cloth 3
- linen cloth 2
- in a linen cloth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 3
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 14:51And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
- Mark 14:52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
- Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Luke 23:53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Greek dictionary
σινδών sindōn · linen
σινδών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX: Jdg.14:12-13 A, Pro.31:24 (סָדִין), 1Ma.10:64 A * ;] fine linen cloth; (a) as used for swathing dead bodies (cf. Hdt., ii, 86): Mat.27:59, Mrk.15:46, Luk.23:53; (b) a garment or wrap of this material (cf. ICC, Jg, l.with): Mrk.14:51-52.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “linen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIN'EN, noun
[Latin linun, flax, Gr. The sense is probably long, extended or smooth. In the latter sense, it would accord with Latin linio, lenio.]
- Cloth made of flax or hemp.
- An under garment.
All definitions and other forms of “linen”
LIN'EN, adjective
[Latin lineus.]
- Made of flax or hemp; as linen cloth; a linen stocking.
- Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
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.