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Strong's #3768 - כַּרְפַּס
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1) cotton or fine linen
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fine linen; hence also κάρπασος, carbasus, Arabic 
Talmud כָּרְמְּסָא; compare Lag Arm. Stud. § 1148); — וּתְכֵלֶת׳חוּר כ Esther 1:6 (ᵐ5 καρπασίνοις): compare Cels. Hierob. ii. 157 ff. [כָּרַר]
verb √ of following (Late Hebrew כִּרְכֵּר use circumlocution; ᵑ7. plural כִּרְכְּרָן dances; Arabic 
return, repeat, attack anew, advance and retreat; 
id.; II. whirl about; originally perhaps move around, then surround, enclose, recur, etc.; Ethiopic 
turn a mill, only participle; 
see rotate, revolve, roll, and derivatives Di838f.); — only
Pilpel, Participle מְכַרְכֵּר dancing (literally whirling) 2 Samuel 6:14,16 ("" מְפַזֵּז).
כַּרְפַּס fine, white linen, or cotton cloth, Esther 1:6 Arab. كُرْفُسُ, Pers. كرباس, Gr. κάρπασος, Lat. carbasus, a species of fine linen, or flax, which is mentioned by classic writers as being produced in the East and in India, Sanscr. karpâsa, cotton; see Celsii Hierobot. t. ii. page 157.
