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Sheet
Holman Bible Dictionary
English translation of Greek word meaning, “a linen cloth” and usually used for ships' sails. Such a cloth held all the clean and unclean animals in the vision that taught Peter that God loved and offered salvation to people who were not Jews (Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5 ).
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Sheet'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/s/sheet.html. 1991.