"sindon; pr. fine Indian cloth; fine linen; in NT a linen garment, an upper garment or wrapper of fine linen, worn in summer by night, and used to envelope dead bodies, Mt. 27:59; Mk. 14:51, 52; 15:46; Lk. 23:53*"
Definition and meaning
sindon; pr. fine Indian cloth; fine linen; in NT a linen garment, an upper garment or wrapper of fine linen, worn in summer by night, and used to envelope dead bodies, Mt. 27:59; Mk. 14:51, 52; 15:46; Lk. 23:53*
In the original Greek the word is written: σινδών
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of sindon (G4616) across the King James Bible.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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Common questions
Strong's G4616 (sindon) is a Greek word that means: sindon; pr. fine Indian cloth; fine linen; in NT a linen garment, an upper garment or wrapper of fine linen, worn in summer by night, and used to envelope dead bodies, Mt. 27:59; Mk. 14:51, 52; 15:46;... It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word sindon (G4616) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4616 is sindon, a Greek word defined as: sindon; pr. fine Indian cloth; fine linen; in NT a linen garment, an upper garment or wrapper of fine linen, worn in summer by night, and used to enve. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
sindon is a Greek word found in the New Testament.