noun · feminine

bussas

Greekβύσσος (bussos)

Strong’sG1040

fine linen, cotton

stem buss-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

fine linen1×

What it means

βύσσος, -οῦ, ἡ (cf. Heb. בּוּץ),

[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ;]

byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Lk 16:19.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1040 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidboos'-sos

white linen

Fromof Hebrew origin ();

King Jamesfine linen.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	bussas	bussais
object accusative	bussan1×βύσσον	bussain
direct address vocative	bussar	bussair
of, belonging to genitive	bussau	bussaiu
to, for dative	bussa	bussai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

bussstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

bussa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

bussan“fine linen”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 16:19“fine linen”Anthrōpos de tinos ate plousios, kai endiduskete porfuran kai bussan eufrainirōtos kata hēmeran lamprōs.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.