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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 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.
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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.
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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:)
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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.

Esther 1:6
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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1611 witness · Esther 1:6 · retained source text

Where were white, greene and blew hangings, fastened with cords of fine linnen, and purple, to siluer rings, and pillers of marble: the beds were of gold and siluer, vpon a pauement of red, and blewe, and white, and blacke marble.

1611 marginal noteOr, violet.

1611 marginal noteOr, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blew colour.

Esther 8:15
¶ 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 garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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1611 witness · Esther 8:15 · retained source text

¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king, in royall apparell, of blew and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linnen, and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced, and was glad:

1611 marginal noteOr, violet.

Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:16 · retained source text

I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt.

Proverbs 31:24
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 31:24 · retained source text

She maketh fine linnen, and selleth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the merchant.

Isaiah 3:23
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 3:23 · retained source text

The glasses, and the fine linnen, and the hoods, and the vailes.

Jeremiah 13:1
THUS saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:1 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD vnto me; Goe and get thee a linen girdle, and put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.

Ezekiel 9:2
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:2 · retained source text

And behold, sixe men came from the way of the higher gate, which lyeth toward the North, and euery man a slaughter weapon in his hand: and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writers inkehorne by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which is turned.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon his loines.

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