Dict: easton - Silk

easton:

Silk @ Heb. demeshek, "damask," silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, kjv@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, kjv@Ezekiel:16:10 kjv@Ezekiel:16:13, rendered "silk"). In kjv@Genesis:41:42 (marg. A.V.), kjv@Proverbs:31:22 (R.V., "fine linen"), the word "silk" ought to be "fine linen." Silk was common in New Testament times kjv@Revelation:18:12).