Strong H6593פֵּ֫שֶׁת

flax

Transliteration: pishteh
Pronunciation: pish-teh'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From the same as H6580 as in the sense of comminuting;
linen (that {is} the {thread} as carded): - {flax} linen.

Detailed definition

1) flax, linen
1a) fibre used as material for garments

In the Bible

Strong H6593 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

linen8
flax6
become1

First verses

Leviticus 13:47
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Leviticus 13:48
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
Leviticus 13:52
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus 13:59
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Deuteronomy 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Joshua 2:6
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Judges 15:14
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Proverbs 31:13
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Jeremiah 13:1
Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Ezekiel 40:3
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Ezekiel 44:17
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Ezekiel 44:18
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Hosea 2:5
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

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