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Strong's #4616: sindon (pronounced sin-done')

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):--(fine) linen (cloth).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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sindōn

1) linen cloth, especially that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped

2) thing made of fine cloth

2a) of a light and loose garment worn at night over a naked body

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin




Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Matthew 27:59: "he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,"
Mark 14:51: "certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the"
Mark 14:52: "he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked."
Mark 15:46: "And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the"
Mark 15:46: "took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him"
Luke 23:53: "he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it"









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