Strong's G1040 · Greek

βύσσος

bussos · boos'-sos

of Hebrew origin (948); white linen

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

 1 βύσσος , -οῦ, ἡ (cf. Heb. בּוּץ ), [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ , בּוּץ ;] byssus , a fine species of flax, also the linen made from it: Lk 16:19 .† 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain