פֵּשֶׁת pishteh
Hebrew word for “flax” · Strong’s H6593 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) flax, linen; 1a) fibre used as material for garments
How it is translated
Glosses given for pishteh in context, with how often each is used:
- linens 10
- flaxes 2
- flax 2
- among the flaxes 1
- like flaxes 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (4), Ezekiel 44 (2), Hosea 2 (2), Deuteronomy 22 (1), Joshua 2 (1), Judges 15 (1), Proverbs 31 (1), Isaiah 19 (1), Jeremiah 13 (1), Ezekiel 40 (1)
Forms
- פשׁתים 7
- ופשׁתים 2
- ופשׁתי 2
- לפשׁתים 1
- בפשׁתים 1
- הפשׁתים 1
- בפשׁתי 1
- כפשׁתים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pishteh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צֶמֶר tsemer “wool” 9
- שְׁתִי sheti “warp” 3
- עֵרֶב erev “mixture” 3
- צָרַעַת tsaraat “leprosy” 3
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 4
- אוֹ o “or” 4
- נֶגַע nega “plague” 3
- עוֹר or “skin” 3
- מׇתְנַיִם moten “loin” 2
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 2
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 2
Key verses
The verses using pishteh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 13:47 — The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
- Leviticus 13:52 — 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;…
- 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…
- 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…
- Proverbs 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.