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Strong's #330 - אֵטוּן

Transliteration

ʼêṭûwn

Phonetics

ay-toon'

Origin

from an unused root (probably meaning to bind)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

73b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) linen, yarn, thread

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3759 ‑ οὐαί (oo‑ah'ee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Proverbs 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

Proverbs 1

BSB (1)

Proverbs 1

ESV (1)

Proverbs 1

WEB (1)

Proverbs 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1198) n u (תהנ ThN) AC: Weave CO: Basket AB: ?: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket, the n is a picture of a seed that represents continuance. Combined these mean "basket continues". A tapestry or basket as woven items.

A) n u (תהנ ThN) AC: ? CO: Basket AB: ?

l^m ) n u n u (תהנתהנ ThNThN) - Palm leaf: Used for making baskets. [df: Nono] KJV (1): bough - Strongs: H5577 (סַנְסִנַּה)

el^f2 ) t n u n i u (תהינתהנת ThYNThNT) - Basket: [df: tnunu] KJV (1): pot - Strongs: H6803 (צִנְצֶנֶת)

C) n u a (אתהנ AThN) AC: ? CO: Tapestry AB: ?: A covering woven from cloth.

N^m) n u a (אתהנ AThN) - Tapestry: KJV (1): fine linen - Strongs: H330 (אֵטוּן)

E) a n u (תהנא ThNA) AC: ? CO: Basket AB: ?

N^m ) a n u (תהנא ThNA) - Basket: KJV (4): basket - Strongs: H2935 (טֶנֶא)

F) n u e (התהנ HThN) AC: ? CO: Chariot AB: ?

g^m ) n u f e (הותהנ HWThN) - Chariot: As a basket. [df: Nuh] KJV (1): chariot - Strongs: H2021 (הֹצֶן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֵטוּן noun [masculine] thread, yarn (etymology unknown; on form see Ges^{84a. 12. R. Talmud} אֵטוּנָא, אַטוּנָא, cord, rope; so ᵑ7) construct מִצְרַיִם׳א Proverbs 7:16.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֵטוּן (by a Syriacism for אֱטוּן) m., thread, yarn, of linen or cotton, Garn (Ch. string, cord). Once found, Proverbs 7:16, “coverings of Egyptian thread,” which was of the greatest fineness, and as highly esteemed as Turkish yarn is now (Türkifches Garn) in Germany. Compare Cels. Hierob. i., 89, seq. Alb. Schultens compares Gr. ὀθόνη, ὀθόνιον (linen garment). Root אָטַן.

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List of Word Forms

אֵט֥וּן אטון ’ê·ṭūn ’êṭūn eTun