H4897: מֶשִׁי
meshîy · pronounced meh'-shee · “silk”
Definition
silk (as drawn from the cocoon)
KJV translates it as: silk.
Word origin: from H4871 (מָשָׁה);
Extended definition
1) a costly material for garment
1a) perhaps silk
1a) perhaps silk
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4897 is translated
- silk ×2
Bible verses with H4897 (meshîy)
Meshîy appears in 2 verses.
- Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
- Ezekiel 16:13
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.