Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #948 - בּוּץ buts (byssus)

Original Word:	בּוּץ
Transliteration:	buts
Definition:	byssus
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(boots)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fine white linen

From an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white; probably cotton (of some sort) -- fine (white) linen.

Englishman's Concordance

1) byssus, a costly, fine white linen cloth made in Egypt
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white
Same Word by TWOT Number: 219

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בּוּץ, בֻּץnoun [masculine]byssus (late), (Phoenician בוץ, Aramaic בּוּץ,

; √ dubious; Birch, Wilkinson^{Egyptians ii. 158 f.} from Egyptian hbos,, clothe; see Say. Herodot^{ii. 86}; Thes from √ בוץ, but Nö^{ZMG 1875, 650}; Armen., according to Lag^{Semitic i. 72} and others) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, מִשְׁמְּחוֺתבֵּיתעֲֿבֹדַת הַבֻּץ1 Chronicles 4:21families of the house of byssus-working; compare 2 Chron 2:13; מְכֻרְבָּל בִּמְעִיל בּוּץ1 Chronicles 15:27clothed in a robe of byssus (but read rather as "" 2 Samuel 6:14מְכַרְכֵּר בְּכָלעֹֿזwas dancing with all his might); compare ׳תַּכְרִיךְ בּEsther 8:15; מְלֻבָּשִׁים בּוּץ2Chronicles 5:12; חַבְלֵי בוּץEsther 1:6; 2Chronicles 3:14 material of מָּרֹכֶת; article of trade Ezekiel 27:16 (strike out ᵐ5 Co). compare also שֵׁשׁ.

בוק (=בקק).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 948. בּוּץ (buts) — 8 Occurrences

1 Chronicles 4:21
HEB:בֵּית־ עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃
NAS: of the house of the linen workers
KJV: of them that wrought fine linen, of the house
INT: of the house workers of the linen of the house of Ashbea

1 Chronicles 15:27
HEB:מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל ׀ בִּמְעִ֣יל בּ֗וּץ וְכָל־ הַלְוִיִּם֙
NAS: with a robe of fine linen with all
KJV: with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
INT: was clothed A robe of fine all the Levites

2 Chronicles 2:14
HEB:בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ן בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבַבּ֣וּץ וּבַכַּרְמִ֔יל וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙
NAS: violet, linen and crimson
KJV: in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
INT: purple violet linen and crimson make

2 Chronicles 3:14
HEB:וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן וְכַרְמִ֣יל וּב֑וּץ וַיַּ֥עַל עָלָ֖יו
NAS: crimson and fine linen, and he worked
KJV: and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought
INT: purple crimson and fine worked and

2 Chronicles 5:12
HEB:וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם מְלֻבָּשִׁ֣ים בּ֗וּץ בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים
NAS: clothed in fine linen, with cymbals,
KJV: [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals
INT: and kinsmen clothed fine cymbals harps

Esther 1:6
HEB:אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־
NAS: held by cords of fine purple linen
KJV: with cords of fine linen and purple
INT: held cords of fine purple and

Esther 8:15
HEB:גְּדוֹלָ֔ה וְתַכְרִ֥יךְ בּ֖וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן וְהָעִ֣יר
NAS: and a garment of fine linen and purple;
KJV: and with a garment of fine linen and purple:
INT: A large garment of fine and purple and the city

Ezekiel 27:16
HEB:אַרְגָּמָ֨ן וְרִקְמָ֤ה וּבוּץ֙ וְרָאמֹ֣ת וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד
NAS: embroidered work, fine linen, coral
KJV: and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral,
INT: purple embroidered fine coral and rubies

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