Lexical Definition

‎בּוּץ‎ bûwts (boots) fine linen H:N-M
from an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white

fine (white) linen.

1) byssus, a costly, fine white linen cloth made in Egypt

See Greek: βύσσινος · βύσσος

Usage: 8 forms in 28 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
וּבוּץ֙ and fine linen Ezek.27.16
וּבַבּ֣וּץ and in fine linen 2Chr.2.14
וּב֑וּץ and fine linen 2Chr.3.14
הַבֻּ֖ץ Fine linen 1Chr.4.21
בּ֗וּץ fine linen 1Chr.15.27 • 2Chr.5.12
בּ֖וּץ fine linen Esth.8.15
ב֣וּץ fine linen Esth.1.6
Θαρσείσ Tarshish LXX.Gen.10.4 • LXX.1Kgs.10.22 • LXX.1Chr.1.7 • LXX.2Chr.9.21 • LXX.2Chr.9.21 • LXX.2Chr.20.36 • LXX.2Chr.20.37 • LXX.Isa.66.19 • LXX.Jer.10.9 • LXX.Jonah.1.3 • LXX.Jonah.1.3 • LXX.Jonah.1.3 • LXX.Jonah.4.2
Tharshish LXX.1Chr.7.10
Tharsis LXX.Ezek.27.16
of Tarshish LXX.1Kgs.10.22 • LXX.1Kgs.22.48 • LXX.Ps.48.7 • LXX.Ps.72.10 • LXX.Isa.60.9

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
2 Samuel 6:14
1 Chronicles 4:21 · 15:27
2 Chronicles 2:13* · 3:14 · 5:12
Esther 1:6 · 8:15
Ezekiel 27:16