Linen
סָדִיןStrong’s H5466sadin (sa-din)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sadin is the Hebrew word usually translated “linen garments” and “linen garment”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:”
Meaning
- Linen wrapperrectangular piece of fine linen worn as outer, or at night, as a sole garment
How it's translated
- linen garments 2
- linen garment 1
- and the linen garments 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 14:13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
- Proverbs 31:24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
- Isaiah 3:23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
Hebrew dictionary
סָדִין sadin · linen
1) linen wrapper 1a) rectangular piece of fine linen worn as outer, or at night, as a sole garment
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.