King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4897
Transliteration: meshi
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shee)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
Meaning: (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
Word Summary
meshi: (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
Original Word: מֶשִׁיTransliteration: meshi
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shee)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
Meaning: (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
Strong's Concordance
silk From mashah; silk (as drawn from the cocoon) -- silk.
see HEBREW mashah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4897. meshi
מֶ֫שִׁי noun [masculine] a costly material for garments, according to Rabb silk, (so NowArchaeology i. 124); whether this is based on actual tradition is dubious (etymology unknown); — absolute ׳מ Ezekiel 16:13 ("" שֵׁשׁ), מֶ֑שִׁי 16:10 ("" id.) See, further Thes Sm Da Berthol. ᵐ5 τρίχαπτα.
מֻשִׁי see מוּשִׁי.