noun · neuter
linem
Strong’sG3043
flax, linen
stem lin-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λίνον
(Tr. λῖνον), -ου, τό, [in LXX: Ex 9:31 (פִּשְׁתָּה), al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3043 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlee'-non
flax, i.e. (by implication) "linen"
Fromprobably a primary word;
King Jameslinen.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
anything made of flax (see. near the end)
1 cord, fishingline, Refs 8th c.BC+; thread spun from a distaff, Refs 5th c.BC+; thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον Refs 3rd c.BC+; thread used as a ligature, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 metaphorically, thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., ={ὑπὲρ μόρον}, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 proverbial, with or without negative, λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε Refs 8th c.BC+; also, hunting-net, Refs 3rd c.BC+; for catching birds, Refs 1st c.BC+; λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, Refs 3rd c.BC+
5 linen, linen-cloth, Refs 8th c.BC+: plural, linen cloths, linen garments, Refs 4th c.BC+: singular, linen garment, NT; sail-cloth, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 flax for spinning, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. Καρπάσιον asbestos, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum, λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; λίνου σπέρμα linseed, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 ={θυμελαία}, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.3 ={χρυσόγονον}, Refs
II.4 λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III see at {Λίνος} Refslinaĩ plural 'flax', with ῐ as in Gr., but Latin linum, ORefs 5th c.BC+ lin, etc. with ῑ: ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | linem | lineim |
| of, belonging to genitive | lineu | lineiu |
| to, for dative | line | linei |
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
line 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 12:20kalamon suntriborēnton ouk kateagati kai linem tuforōntem ouk sbennuati, heōs an ekbalateia …… will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He …
Revelation 15:6… hepta plēgain ek tou naou, enduorēntois linem katharem lamprem kai perizōnorēntois peri teim …… plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around …