COTTON is the better tr. [Note: translate or translation.] (so RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) of karpas , which in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘green,’ Esther 1:6 . It was either muslin or calico.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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