Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
flax
Usage: 1) flax, linen 1a) fibre used as material for garments
Pishteh means “linen” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6593 פִּשׁתֶּה (pishteh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pishteh (pish-teh') n-f. 1. linen (i.e. the thread, as carded) [from the same as H6580 as in the sense of comminuting] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include linen and flax. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
pishteh (pish-teh') n-f. 1. linen (i.e. the thread, as carded) [from the same as H6580 as in the sense of comminuting] KJV: flax, linen. Root(s): H6580
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flax
Usage: 1) flax, linen 1a) fibre used as material for garments
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pishteh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
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.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6593.
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
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.
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.
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
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.
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.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6593, grouped by book.
Pishteh (Strong's H6593) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "linen". pishteh (pish-teh') n-f. 1. linen (i.e. the thread, as carded) [from the same as H6580 as in the sense of comminuting]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H6593 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6593 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as linen and flax. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.