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Of fine linen (bussinou). Genitive case after gomon, as are all the items to kokkinou. Old adjective from bussos (linen, Luk 16:19), here a garment of linen, in N.T. only Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16; Rev 19:8, Rev 19:14.
Purple (porphuras). Fabric colored with purple dye (porphureos, Rev 17:4; Rev 18:16), as in Mar 15:17, Mar 15:20; Luk 16:19.
Silk (sirikou). So the uncials here. To sērikon (the silken fabric) occurs in Plutarch, Strabo, Arrian, Lucian, only here in N.T. Probably from the name of the Indian or Chinese people (hoi Sēres) from whom the fabric came after Alexander invaded India. Silk was a costly article among the Romans, and for women as a rule.
Scarlet (kokkinou). See Rev 17:4; Rev 18:16.
All thyine wood (pan xulon thuinon). Now accusative again without gomon dependence. An odoriferous North African citrus tree, prized for the colouring of the wood for dining-tables, like a peacock’s tail or the stripes of a tiger or panther. Here only in N.T.
Of ivory (elephantinon). Old adjective (from elephas elephant) agreeing with skeuos (vessel), here only in N.T. Cf. Ahab’s ivory palace (1Ki 22:39).
Of marble (marmarou). Old word (from marmairō, to glisten), genitive after skeuos (vessel), here only in N.T.