Original Word: בּוּץ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: buts
Phonetic Spelling: (boots)
Short Definition: linen , (late), (Phoenician , Aramaic , 👁 Image
; √ dubious; Birch, Wilkinson^{Egyptians ii. 158 f.} from Egyptian hbos,, clothe; see Say. Herodot^{ii. 86}; Thes from √ , but Nö^{ZMG 1875, 650}; Armen., according to Lag^{Semitic i. 72} and others) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, 1 Chronicles 4:21 families of the house of byssus-working; compare 2 Chron 2:13; 1 Chronicles 15:27 clothed in a robe of byssus (but read rather as "" 2 Samuel 6:14 was dancing with all his might); compare Esther 8:15; 2Chronicles 5:12; Esther 1:6; 2Chronicles 3:14 material of ; article of trade Ezekiel 27:16 (strike out Co). compare also .

(= ).

fine white linen

From an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white; probably cotton (of some sort) -- fine (white) linen.

ב֣וּץ בּ֖וּץ בּ֗וּץ בוץ הַבֻּ֖ץ הבץ וּב֑וּץ וּבַבּ֣וּץ וּבוּץ֙ ובבוץ ובוץ būṣ ḇūṣ Butz hab·buṣ habbuṣ habButz ū·ḇab·būṣ ū·ḇūṣ ūḇabbūṣ ūḇūṣ uvabButz uVutz vutzInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 948
8 Occurrences

būṣ — 3 Occ.
hab·buṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇab·būṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇūṣ — 2 Occ.
ḇūṣ — 1 Occ.

1 Chronicles 4:21
HEB: בֵּית־ עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃
NAS: of the house of the linen workers
KJV: of them that wrought fine linen, of the house
INT: of the house workers of the linen of the house of Ashbea

1 Chronicles 15:27
HEB: מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל ׀ בִּמְעִ֣יל בּ֗וּץ וְכָל־ הַלְוִיִּם֙
NAS: with a robe of fine linen with all
KJV: with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
INT: was clothed A robe of fine all the Levites

2 Chronicles 2:14
HEB: בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ן בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבַבּ֣וּץ וּבַכַּרְמִ֔יל וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙
NAS: violet, linen and crimson
KJV: in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
INT: purple violet linen and crimson make

2 Chronicles 3:14
HEB: וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן וְכַרְמִ֣יל וּב֑וּץ וַיַּ֥עַל עָלָ֖יו
NAS: crimson and fine linen, and he worked
KJV: and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought
INT: purple crimson and fine worked and

2 Chronicles 5:12
HEB: וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם מְלֻבָּשִׁ֣ים בּ֗וּץ בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים
NAS: clothed in fine linen, with cymbals,
KJV: [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals
INT: and kinsmen clothed fine cymbals harps

Esther 1:6
HEB: אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־
NAS: held by cords of fine purple linen
KJV: with cords of fine linen and purple
INT: held cords of fine purple and

Esther 8:15
HEB: גְּדוֹלָ֔ה וְתַכְרִ֥יךְ בּ֖וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן וְהָעִ֣יר
NAS: and a garment of fine linen and purple;
KJV: and with a garment of fine linen and purple:
INT: A large garment of fine and purple and the city

Ezekiel 27:16
HEB: אַרְגָּמָ֨ן וְרִקְמָ֤ה וּבוּץ֙ וְרָאמֹ֣ת וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד
NAS: embroidered work, fine linen, coral
KJV: and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral,
INT: purple embroidered fine coral and rubies

8 Occurrences