בּוּץ, בֻּץ noun [masculine] byssus (late), (Phoenician בוץ, Aramaic בּוּץ, ; √ dubious; Birch, WilkinsonEgyptians ii. 158 f. from Egyptian hbos,, clothe; see Say. Herodotii. 86; Thes from √ בוץ, but NöZMG 1875, 650; Armen., according to LagSemitic i. 72 and others) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, מִשְׁפְּחוֺת בֵּיתעֲֿבֹדַת הַבֻּץ [1Chr 4:21] families of the house of byssus-working; compare [2Chr 2:13] מְכֻרְבָּל בִּמְעִיל בּוּץ [1Chr 15:27] clothed in a robe of byssus (but read rather as || [2Sam 6:14] מְכַרְכֵּר בְּכָלעֹֿז was dancing with all his might); compare ׳תַּכְרִיךְ בּ [Esth 8:15] מְלֻבָּשִׁים בּוּץ [2Chr 5:12] חַבְלֵי בוּץ [Esth 1:6]; [2Chr 3:14] material of פָּרֹכֶת; article of trade [Ezek 27:16] (strike out ᵐ5 Co). compare also שֵׁשׁ.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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