noun · feminine

sindōnas

Greekσινδών (sindōn)

Strong’sG4616

a linen cloth

stem sindōn-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

linen cloth5×linen1×

What it means

σινδών, -όνος, ἡ

[in LXX: Jg 14:12, 13A, Pr 31:24 (סָדִין), I Mac 10:64 A *;]

fine linen cloth;

(a) as used for swathing dead bodies (cf. Hdt., ii, 86): Mt 27:59, Mk 15:46, Lk 23:53;

(b) a garment or wrap of this material (cf. ICC, Jg, l.c.): Mk 14:51, 52.†

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

Strong’s G4616 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsin-done'

byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)

Fromof uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin;

King James(fine) linen (cloth).

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	sindōnas	sindōnais
object accusative	sindōnan3×σινδόνα	sindōnain
direct address vocative	sindōnar	sindōnair
of, belonging to genitive	sindōnau	sindōnaiu
to, for dative	sindōna3×σινδόνι	sindōnai

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

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

sindōna 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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

sindōnan“linen cloth”objectaccusative singular3×

Mark 14:51“linen cloth”Kai neaniskos tinos sunakolouthate auto periballerētos sindōnan epi gumneu, kai kratalō auton,One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

Mark 14:52“linen cloth”tos de kataleiparatos tan sindōnan gumnos feugata.but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Mark 15:46“linen cloth”kai agorazaratos sindōnan kathairaratos auton eneilata ta sindōna kai tithata auton en mnēmeie hem ate latomirētem ek petrau, kai proskuliata lithon epi tan thuran teu mnēmeieu.So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

sindōna“linen cloth”to, fordative singular3×

Matthew 27:59“linen cloth”kai lambaratos tem sōmem tos Iōsēf entulissata autem sindōna kathara,So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Mark 15:46“linen”kai agorazaratos sindōnan kathairaratos auton eneilata ta sindōna kai tithata auton en mnēmeie hem ate latomirētem ek petrau, kai proskuliata lithon epi tan thuran teu mnēmeieu.So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Luke 23:53“linen cloth”kai kathairaratos entulissata autem sindōna, kai tithata auton en mnēme laxeute hou ouk ate oudenos oupō keierōtos.Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.