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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: λίνον

(Strong's #3043 — Noun Neuter — linon — lee'-non )

primarily denotes "flax" (Eng., "linen"); then, that which is made of it, "a wick of a lamp," Matthew 12:20; several ancient mss. have the word in Revelation 15:6 (AV only, "linen"). See LINEN.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Flax'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/flax.html. 1940.
 
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