σινδών
sindōn · linen cloth
Greek word · Strong’s number G4616 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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sindōn (σινδών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “linen cloth”.
Fine linen cloth; a sheet of linen.
How to say it
sin·dōn
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A large, fine cloth made from the fiber of flax.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- Matthew 27:59
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
- Mark 14:51
And a certain young man was following him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body; and they seize him;
- Mark 14:52
but he left the linen cloth and fled naked.
- Mark 15:46
And having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
- Luke 23:53
And taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a tomb cut in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
And 1 more times.