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THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

demeshek, “damask,” silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, Amos 3: 12. A.V., “in the comer of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch;” R.V., “in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed” (marg., “in Damascus on a bed”). Hebrews meshi, (Ezekiel 16:10, 13, rendered “silk”). In Genesis 41:42 (marg. A.V.), Proverbs 31:22 (R.V., “fine linen”), the word “silk” ought to be “fine linen.” Silk was common in New Testament times (Revelation 18:12).

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