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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34957" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34957" /> == | ||
<p> Κarpas . KJV has "green" ( Esther 1:6), where "cotton" ought to be; for | <p> '''''Κarpas''''' . KJV has "green" ( Esther 1:6), where "cotton" ought to be; for '''''Kurpasa''''' in [[Sanskrit]] and kindred terms of other eastern languages means "cotton." Cotton was manufactured, though not grown, anciently in Egypt. In India is the earliest record of its use for dress. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15846" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15846" /> == | ||
<p> Was a native product of India, and perhaps of Egypt, and is supposed to be intended in some of the passages where the English version has "fine linen." It had been much disputed whether cotton clothe was used by the ancient Hebrews and [[Egyptian]] mummies were wrapped, proves that this material was sometimes used, especially for children. See | <p> Was a native product of India, and perhaps of Egypt, and is supposed to be intended in some of the passages where the English version has "fine linen." It had been much disputed whether cotton clothe was used by the ancient Hebrews and [[Egyptian]] mummies were wrapped, proves that this material was sometimes used, especially for children. See [[Flax, Linen]] </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15413" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15413" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2713" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2713" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kot''''' ´''''''n''''' ( כּרפס , <i> '''''karpaṣ''''' </i> is the better translation, as in the Revised Version, margin, where the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) have "green" in Esther 1:6 ): The [[Hebrew]] <i> '''''karpaṣ''''' </i> is from the [[Persian]] kirpas and the Sanskrit <i> '''''karpāsa''''' </i> , "the cotton plant." The derived words originally meant "muslin" or "calico," but in classical times the use of words allied to <i> '''''karpaṣ''''' </i> ̌ - in Greek and Latin - was extended to include linen. The probability is in favor of "cotton" in Esther 1:6 . This is the product of <i> Gossypium herbaceum </i> , a plant originally from India but now cultivated in many other lands. </p> | <p> ''''' kot ''''' ´' ''''' n ''''' ( כּרפס , <i> ''''' karpaṣ ''''' </i> is the better translation, as in the Revised Version, margin, where the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) have "green" in Esther 1:6 ): The [[Hebrew]] <i> ''''' karpaṣ ''''' </i> is from the [[Persian]] kirpas and the Sanskrit <i> ''''' karpāsa ''''' </i> , "the cotton plant." The derived words originally meant "muslin" or "calico," but in classical times the use of words allied to <i> ''''' karpaṣ ''''' </i> ̌ - in Greek and Latin - was extended to include linen. The probability is in favor of "cotton" in Esther 1:6 . This is the product of <i> Gossypium herbaceum </i> , a plant originally from India but now cultivated in many other lands. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34924" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34924" /> == | ||
