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This fabric is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, highlighting its significance in ancient Israelite culture and religious practices.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Usage</b><br><br>Byssus is primarily noted for its use in the construction of the Tabernacle and the garments of the priests. In <a href="/exodus/26.htm">Exodus 26:1</a>, the instructions for the Tabernacle include the use of "fine twisted linen" , which is understood to be byssus. This linen was used for the curtains of the Tabernacle, signifying the purity and holiness required in the dwelling place of God among His people.<br><br>The priestly garments, particularly those of the High Priest, also incorporated byssus. <a href="/exodus/28-39.htm">Exodus 28:39</a> describes the making of the tunic of fine linen, a key component of the High Priest's attire. The use of byssus in these garments underscored the sanctity and set-apart nature of the priestly office.<br><br>In addition to its religious applications, byssus was a symbol of wealth and status. <a href="/proverbs/31-22.htm">Proverbs 31:22</a> mentions the virtuous woman who "makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple" , indicating the association of byssus with prosperity and noble character.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context</b><br><br>Byssus was highly prized in the ancient Near East for its quality and durability. The process of producing this fine linen was labor-intensive, involving the careful spinning and weaving of flax fibers. The resulting fabric was not only beautiful but also long-lasting, making it a valuable commodity.<br><br>The significance of byssus extended beyond Israel. It was a luxury item traded across the ancient world, often used by royalty and the elite. The Egyptians, known for their advanced textile production, were particularly renowned for their fine linen, which was likely similar to the byssus mentioned in the Bible.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Theological Implications</b><br><br>In the biblical narrative, byssus serves as a symbol of purity and righteousness. The use of this fine linen in the Tabernacle and priestly garments reflects the holiness required in approaching God. It represents the divine standard of purity that God demands from His people, both in worship and in daily living.<br><br>The New Testament continues this symbolism, where fine linen is associated with the righteous acts of the saints. <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Revelation 19:8</a> states, "She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints" . This imagery connects the physical purity of byssus with the spiritual purity expected of believers.<br><br>Byssus, therefore, is more than just a fabric; it is a profound symbol woven into the fabric of biblical theology, representing the intersection of divine holiness and human response.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) Asbestus.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BYSSUS</span><p>bis'-us.<br><br>See <a href="../l/linen.htm">LINEN</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1040.htm"><span class="l">1040. bussos -- <b>byssus</b> (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>byssus</b> (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made from it). Part of Speech: Noun,<br> Feminine Transliteration: bussos Phonetic Spelling: (boos'-sos) Short <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1040.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/948.htm"><span class="l">948. buts -- <b>byssus</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 947, 948. buts. 949 . <b>byssus</b>. Transliteration: buts Phonetic Spelling:<br> (boots) Short Definition: linen. Word Origin from an unused <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/948.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8336.htm"><span class="l">8336. shesh -- <b>byssus</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 8335, 8336. shesh. 8337 . <b>byssus</b>. Transliteration: shesh Phonetic Spelling:<br> (shaysh) Short Definition: linen. Word Origin of foreign <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8336.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3768.htm"><span class="l">3768. karpas -- cotton or fine linen</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1). <b>byssus</b> or fine vegetable wool. Of foreign origin; <b>byssus</b> or fine vegetable<br> wool: 3767, 3768. karpas. 3769 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3768.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcii_second_great_group_of_6.htm"><span class="l">Second Great Group of Parables.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the inner garment. The <b>byssus</b>, or fine linen of Egypt, was produced from<br> flax, which grew on the banks of the Nile. It was dazzlingly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcii second great group of 6.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_iii_that_the_ruler.htm"><span class="l">That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For fine linen (<b>byssus</b>) springs from the earth with glittering show: and what is<br> designated by fine linen but bodily chastity shining white in the comeliness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter iii that the ruler.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xviii_the_unjust_steward.htm"><span class="l">The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Parable opens by presenting to us a rich man' clothed in purple and <b>byssus</b>,<br> joyously faring every day in splendor.' All here is in character. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/index_i_of_subjects.htm"><span class="l">Index i. Of Subjects</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Dress, etiquette in, i.620; articles of clothing, 621-623; probable dress of Christ,<br> 624-626; <b>byssus</b> and purple, ii.278. Eden, Gan, ii.280, 281. See Death. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/index i of subjects.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_xi_name_clothes.htm"><span class="l">On Clothes.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the Cilicians. I say nothing of the linens made of Amorgos [1548] and<br> <b>Byssus</b>. Luxury has outstripped nomenclature. The covering <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xli.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xli</span></a> <br><b>...</b> authority. Robes of "linen" (shesh "<b>byssus</b>, the characteristic fine linen<br> of the Egyptians) were considered the most elegant. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xli.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/homily_vii_the_creation_of.htm"><span class="l">The Creation of Moving Creatures.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [1633] The Pinna is a bivalve with a silky beard, of which several species are found<br> in the Mediterranean. The beard is called by modern naturalists <b>byssus</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vii the creation of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_v_alexandria_and_rome.htm"><span class="l">Alexandria and Rome - the Jewish Communities in the Capitals of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> gold-dust, ivory, and mother-of-pearl from the interior of Africa, spices from Arabia,<br> pearls from the Gulf of Persia, precious stones and <b>byssus</b> from India <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v alexandria and rome.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/byssus.htm"><span class="l"><b>Byssus</b> (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) Asbestus. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>BYSSUS</b>. bis'-us. See<br> LINEN. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Byssus</b> (40 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/byssus.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/byssus-workers.htm"><span class="l"><b>Byssus</b>-workers (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Byssus</b>-workers. <b>Byssus</b>, <b>Byssus</b>-workers. Bystanders . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Byssus</b>-workers (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/byssus-workers.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/artistic.htm"><span class="l">Artistic (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:1 And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined <b>byssus</b>,<br> and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/artistic.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/embroidery.htm"><span class="l">Embroidery (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain of blue,<br> and purple, and scarlet, and twined <b>byssus</b>, of embroidery. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/embroidery.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ornamental.htm"><span class="l">Ornamental (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ornamental (4 Occurrences). Exodus 39:28 and the turban of <b>byssus</b>; and the ornamental<br> caps, of <b>byssus</b>; and the linen trousers, of twined <b>byssus</b>; (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ornamental.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/caps.htm"><span class="l">Caps (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (DBY NAS RSV). Exodus 39:28 and the turban of <b>byssus</b>; and the ornamental caps, of<br><b>byssus</b>; and the linen trousers, of twined <b>byssus</b>; (DBY NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/caps.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vest.htm"><span class="l">Vest (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (DBY). Exodus 28:39 And thou shalt weave the vest of <b>byssus</b>; and thou shalt make<br> a turban of <b>byssus</b>; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vest.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/linen.htm"><span class="l">Linen (111 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 22 it is rendered in Authorized Version "silk," and in Revised Version "fine linen."<br> The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (<b>byssus</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/linen.htm - 50k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/artificer.htm"><span class="l">Artificer (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the artificer, and<br> of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in <b>byssus</b>, and of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/artificer.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/entrance.htm"><span class="l">Entrance (190 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain of blue,<br> and purple, and scarlet, and twined <b>byssus</b>, of embroidery. (DBY NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/entrance.htm - 37k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/byssus.htm">Byssus: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Byssus (40 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/41-42.htm">Genesis 41:42</a></span><br />And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and put a gold chain on his neck.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/25-4.htm">Exodus 25:4</a></span><br />and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and goats' hair,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-1.htm">Exodus 26:1</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-31.htm">Exodus 26:31</a></span><br />And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-36.htm">Exodus 26:36</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, of embroidery.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Exodus 27:9</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; a hundred cubits the length for the one side,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/27-16.htm">Exodus 27:16</a></span><br />And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/27-18.htm">Exodus 27:18</a></span><br />The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; and their bases of copper.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-5.htm">Exodus 28:5</a></span><br />And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-6.htm">Exodus 28:6</a></span><br />and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, of artistic work.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-8.htm">Exodus 28:8</a></span><br />And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-39.htm">Exodus 28:39</a></span><br />And thou shalt weave the vest of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; and thou shalt make a turban of byssus; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-6.htm">Exodus 35:6</a></span><br />and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and goats' hair,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-23.htm">Exodus 35:23</a></span><br />And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, brought them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-25.htm">Exodus 35:25</a></span><br />And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-35.htm">Exodus 35:35</a></span><br />he has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the artificer, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and of the weaver, even of them that do every kind of work, and of those that devise artistic work<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-8.htm">Exodus 36:8</a></span><br />And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work did he make them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-35.htm">Exodus 36:35</a></span><br />And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>: of artistic work he made it with cherubim.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-37.htm">Exodus 36:37</a></span><br />And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, of embroidery;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-9.htm">Exodus 38:9</a></span><br />And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, a hundred cubits;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-16.htm">Exodus 38:16</a></span><br />All the hangings of the court round about were of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-18.htm">Exodus 38:18</a></span><br />And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-23.htm">Exodus 38:23</a></span><br />and with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-2.htm">Exodus 39:2</a></span><br />And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-3.htm">Exodus 39:3</a></span><br />And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it artistically into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet, and into the <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-5.htm">Exodus 39:5</a></span><br />And the girdle of his ephod, which was on it, was of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-8.htm">Exodus 39:8</a></span><br />And he made the breastplate of artistic work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-27.htm">Exodus 39:27</a></span><br />And they made the vests of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span> of woven work, for Aaron, and for his sons;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-28.htm">Exodus 39:28</a></span><br />and the turban of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>; and the ornamental caps, of byssus; and the linen trousers, of twined byssus;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-29.htm">Exodus 39:29</a></span><br />and the girdle, of twined <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of embroidery; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm">1 Chronicles 15:27</a></span><br />And David was clothed with a robe of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah chief of the music of the singers; and David had upon him a linen ephod.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm">2 Chronicles 2:14</a></span><br />the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-14.htm">2 Chronicles 3:14</a></span><br />And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and made cherubim upon it.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12</a></span><br />and the Levites the singers, all they of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, clad in <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, with cymbals and lutes and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets),<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a></span><br />White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span> and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/8-15.htm">Esther 8:15</a></span><br />And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of <span class="boldtext">byssus</span> and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/31-22.htm">Proverbs 31:22</a></span><br />She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is <span class="boldtext">byssus</span> and purple. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Ezekiel 16:10</a></span><br />and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and covered thee with silk.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13</a></span><br />Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was <span class="boldtext">byssus</span>, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Ezekiel 27:7</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Byssus</span> with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/byssus.htm">Byssus</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bystanders.htm">Bystanders (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/byssus.htm">Byssus (40 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lechah.htm">Lechah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/workers.htm">Workers (76 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/by-paths.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="By-paths"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="By-paths" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/byssus-workers.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Byssus-workers"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Byssus-workers" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>