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byssus Original Word: בּוּץTransliteration: buts Phonetic Spelling: (boots) Short Definition: white linen
from an unused word Definition byssus NASB Word Usage fine linen (5), fine...linen (1), linen (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white; probably cotton (of some sort) -- fine (white) linen.
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