Lexicon :: Strong's G4596 - sirikos

σιρικός
Transliteration
sirikos (Key)
Pronunciation
say-ree-kos'
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From Ser (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured, hence the name of the silk-worm)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
σηρικοῦ — 1x
σιρικοῦ — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

†σηρικός sērikós, say-ree-kos'; from Σήρ Sḗr (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured; hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric):—silk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4596 in the following manner: silk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4596 in the following manner: silk (1x).

  1. made of silk

  2. silk, i.e. the fabric, silken garments

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†σηρικός sērikós, say-ree-kos'; from Σήρ Sḗr (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured; hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric):—silk.
STRONGS G4596:
σηρικός (Lachmann, the major edition, T WH σιρικός (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 151)), σηρικη, σηρικον (Σήρ, Σηρες, the Seres, a people of India (probably modern China; yet on the name cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word; Dict. of Geog., under the word Serica));
1. properly, pertaining to the Seres.
2. silken: τό σηρικον, silk, i. e. the fabric, silken garments. Revelation 18:12. ((Strabo, Plutarch, Arrian, Lucian); ἐσθήσεσι σηρικαις, Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 4.)
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