HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4299
מַטְוֶה
mat.veh — yarn
that which is spun, yarn
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Yarn
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G8031
κλῶσμα
klōsma — yarn
yarn
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ὀθόνη
othonē — sheet
ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ (of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. אֵטוּן, yarn) 1. fine linen (Hom., al.). 2. Later, a sheet or sail: Act.10:11 11:5.† (AS)
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אֵטוּן
e.tun — fine linen
linen, yarn, thread
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βύω
buō — to plug
1. to stuff , 2. with genitive rei, to stuff full of , only in Pass., νήματος βεβυσμένος stuffed full of spun-work or yarn, (Odyssey by Homer); τὸ στόμα ἐβέβυστο [i.e. χρυσοῦ] (Herdotus Historicus) 3. with dative rei, to stop or bung up with, plug : Pass., σπογγίωι βεβυσμένος (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. absolute, βεβ. τὰ ὦτα deaf , (Lucian) (ML)
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Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., “a stringing together,” so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Version has: “And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price;” but the Revised Version correctly renders: “And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.