Silk: Heb. demeshek, "damask," silk cloth manufactured at Damascus,
(Amos 3:12)
A.V., "in the corner 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"). Heb. 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)
