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linen

Meaning of “linen”

Thread, cloth, a garment, or other material called linen.

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104 occurrences90 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:42

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2 Chronicles 1:16
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:16 · retained source text

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarne: the Kings merchants receiued the linnen yarne at a price.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the going foorth of the horses which was Solomons.

1611 marginal note1.King. 10.28. 2.chro. 9.28.

2 Chronicles 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:14 · retained source text

The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilfull to worke in golde and in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone and in timber, in purple, in blew, and in fine linen, and in crimson: also to graue any maner of grauing, and to find out euery deuice which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord Dauid thy father.

2 Chronicles 3:14
¶ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 3:14 · retained source text

¶ And he made the vaile of blue and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought Cherubims thereon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. caused to ascend

1611 marginal noteMat. 27.51.

2 Chronicles 5:12
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 5:12 · retained source text

Also the Leuites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Ieduthun, with their sonnes and their brethren, being arayed in white linnen hauing cymbals, and psalteries, and harpes, stood at the East end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twentie Priests, sounding with trumpets:)

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 24.5.

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