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Strong's G1040 βύσσος (byssos)

Byssos means “fine linen” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1040 — beytheden in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1040
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 7

Strong's G1040 Quick Answer

Strong's G1040 βύσσος (bussos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bussos (boos'-sos) n. 1. white linen [of Hebrew origin (H948)] It has 40 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include linen. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
bussos (boos'-sos) n. 1. white linen [of Hebrew origin (H948)]
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
linen

Meaning and Definition

bussos (boos'-sos) n. 1. white linen [of Hebrew origin (H948)] KJV: fine linen Root(s): H948

Original Word
βύσσος
Transliteration
bussos
Derivation
Root: בּוּץ R1: 948
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1040. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

fine linen

Usage: βύσσος, -οῦ, ἡ (cf. Heb. בּוּץ), [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ ;] byssus, a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Luk.16:19.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1040 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bussos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

linen Luke 16:19

How Strong's G1040 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1040 (βύσσος) appears 40 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1040 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1040 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 16:19 KJV

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Revelation 18:12 KJV

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Strong's G1040 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,

Exodus 26:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.

Exodus 26:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1040.

Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 26:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.
Exodus 26:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.
Exodus 26:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer.
Exodus 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.
Exodus 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exodus 28:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall make the shoulder piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer.
Exodus 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woven work of the shoulder pieces which is upon it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blue and purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, thou shalt make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun.
Exodus 28:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
Exodus 28:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
shall be of fine linen; and thou shalt make a tire of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
Exodus 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet,
Exodus 35:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 35:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
dyed blue, and rams’ skins dyed red.
Exodus 35:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
articles, the blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine linen.
Exodus 35:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God filled them with wisdom, understanding and perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship and embroidery.
Exodus 36:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;
Exodus 36:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;
Exodus 36:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the tires of fine linen, and the miter of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;
Exodus 36:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 37:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs.
Exodus 37:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,
Exodus 37:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way,
Exodus 37:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined.
Exodus 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
Exodus 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan was there, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needleworks and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.
2 Chronicles 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(his mother was of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him to do with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.
2 Chronicles 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
Proverbs 31:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, And garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.
Isaiah 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and those made of fine linen, and the purple ones, and the scarlet ones, and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.
Isaiah 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen.
Ezekiel 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I clothed thee with embroidered garments, and clothed thee beneath with purple, and girded thee with fine linen, and clothed thee with silk,
Ezekiel 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honor upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elishah; and they became thy coverings.
Luke 16:19 New Testament, KJV
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Revelation 18:12 New Testament, KJV
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1040, grouped by book.

Exodus 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G1040 FAQ

What does byssos (βύσσος) mean?

Byssos (Strong's G1040) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fine linen". bussos (boos'-sos) n. 1. white linen [of Hebrew origin (H948)]

How many times is byssos (βύσσος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G1040 across 7 books.

Where can I study byssos (βύσσος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1040 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate byssos (βύσσος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as linen. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1040 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 38 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1040, with linked reader references where each row is available.