פִּשְׁתֶּה
pishteh · H6593 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Flax (linen)Plants for weaving and building104 verses
- LinenCloth manufacture89 verses
Meanings
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flax
Product of a plant of about a meter tall; its leaves are narrow and the flowers are bright blue with five petals; the seed capsule contains oil; after the plants have ripened they are uprooted and the stalks are left to dry for a while; they are then soaked, dried, and beaten to separate the fibers, which are then combed and woven into linen cloth
ExamplesJoshua 2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
Judges 15:14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him so that the ropes that were on his arms were like flax that has burned with fire, and his restraints dropped from his hands.
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flax
Product of a plant of about a meter tall; its leaves are narrow and the flowers are bright blue with five petals; the seed capsule contains oil; after the plants have ripened they are uprooted and the stalks are left to dry for a while; they are then soaked, dried, and beaten to separate the fibers, which are then combed and woven into linen cloth
ExamplesProverbs 31:13 She looks for wool and linen, And works with her hands in delight.
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linen
Woven material made from the stems of the flax plant; absorbs perspiration better than many other types of cloth; used for production of cloth and clothes, but can also be used as a measuring line; worn by priests; associated with quality, strength, and coolness
ExamplesLeviticus 13:47 “When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment,
Leviticus 13:48 whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- יmy 2
- עֵץtree, wood 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּעַרto burn, to purge 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עָרַךְto set in order, to arrange, to draw up 1
- שַׁעַטְנֵזcloth made of different threads 1
- שְׂרִיקָהworkers in combed flax 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דָּרַשׁto seek, to inquire 1
- נָצַלto deliver, to rescue 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 3
- כlike/as 2
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- בֶּגֶדgarment, clothes 3
- אֵזוֹרbelt, loincloth 1
- מִכְנָסbreeches 1
- עָבַדto serve, to work 1
- פְּאֵרturban 1
- פָּתִילcord 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- λίνον línon · G3043 · linen, linen garment, wick
- Greek λίνον directly translates Hebrew פִּשְׁתֶּה, denoting the same plant (flax) and its textile product (linen); this is a straightforward cross-linguistic equivalent with complete semantic overlap.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Crops001003001003002
- This domain's connection to פִּשְׁתֶּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of a linen garment rather than the growing crop itself.
- Professions001001003009
- This domain's connection to פִּשְׁתֶּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of a linen garment rather than the profession of weaving it.
- Cloth001002005003
- פִּשְׁתֶּה denotes flax or the linen made from it, as of the wool or linen garment examined for a mark of leprosy in Leviticus 13:47, 13:48, 13:52, and 13:59.
- Furnishings001003001001008
- This domain's connection to פִּשְׁתֶּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of a linen garment rather than a household furnishing.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6593. pesheth [מֵּ֫שֶׁת] noun [masculine] flax, linen (√ dubious; Late Hebrew…
[מֵּ֫שֶׁת] noun [masculine] flax, linen (√ dubious; Late Hebrew מִּשְׁתָּן, Punic φοιστ; Löwp. 233); — suffixמִּשְׁתִּי Hos 2:7; Hos 2:11; elsewhere plural מִּעשׁתִּים Jdg 15:14 +, construct מִּשְׁתֵּי Jos 2:6; —
1 flax, after gathering, הָעֵץ מִּשְׁתֵּי Jos 2:6 (J E, see עֵץ
2f); inflammable Jdg 15:14 (simile); as natural product (+ עֶמֶר) Hos 2:7; Hos 2:11; as material, פ ׳מְּתִיל Eze 40:3; of various garments Jer 13:1; Eze 44:17-18, (twice in verse), + צֶמֶר Deu 22:11; Lev 13:47-48, Lev 13:52, Lev 13:59 (P), compare Pro 31:13; פ ׳עֹבְדֵי שְׂרִיקוֺת Isa 19:9 (see [ שָׂרִיק]).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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