Lexical Summary sērikos: silk Original Word: σηρικόςTransliteration: sērikos Phonetic Spelling: (say-ree-kos') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: silk Meaning: silk Strong's Concordance silk. 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) -- silk. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4596: σηρικόςσηρικός (Lachmann, the major edition, T WH σιρικός (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 151)), σηρικη, σηρικον (Σήρ, Σηρες, the Seres, a people of India (probably modern China; yet on the name cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word; Dict. of Geog., under the word Serica)); 1. properly, pertaining to the Seres. 2. silken: τό σηρικον, silk, i. e. the fabric, silken garments. Revelation 18:12. ((Strabo, Plutarch, Arrian, Lucian); ἐσθήσεσι σηρικαις, Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 4.) STRONGS NT 4596: σιρικόςσιρικός, see σηρικός. |