Sērikós — G4596

Definition

adjective

hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric)

1. properly, pertaining to the Seres
2. silken

Usually translated as

silk

Origin

from Sḗr (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured

Occurrences

Sērikós occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Revelation (1)

• Revelation 18:12 — The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk (σηρικου), and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,