Strong's G4596 · Greek

σιρικος

serikos · say-ree-kos'

from Ser (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured; hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σιρικός (G4596)

1 * σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός ; v. 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 : Re 18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J. , vii, 5, 4).†

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

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