σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός; see Mayser, 150; WH, Notes, 151), -ή, -όν (οἱ Σῆρες, a people of India from whom the ancients got the first silk), silk, silken; as subst., τὸ σ., silken fabric, silk: Rev.18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J., vii, 5, 4).† (AS)
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G4596 — σηρικός
sērikos · silk · Greek