Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6593
פִּשְׁתֶּה
pishtehpish-teh'
flax
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6593is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6593
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)
The King James renders it: flax, linen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pishteh is rendered "flax". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 13:47If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,
Leviticus 13:47פִּשְׁתִּֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- linens6
- and flax my2
- of the linens2
- among flaxes of1
- and flaxes1
- and linens1
- flaxes1
- in the linens1
- like the flaxes1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פִּשְׁתָּה | pishtah | flax | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י2
- פִשְׁתִּ֖ים2
- בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י1
- בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔ים1
- הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗ים1
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים1
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים1
- כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙1
- לַפִּשְׁתִּ֖ים1
- פִשְׁתִּים֙1
- פִשְׁתִּ֔ים1
- פִּשְׁתִּ֔ים1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural7HNcmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Leviticus
four uses
If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,
- פִּשְׁתִּֽים׃pishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—
- לַפִּשְׁתִּ֖יםlapishtimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of the linens
He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.
- בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔יםvapishtimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the linens
This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
- הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗יםhapishtimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of the linens
Deuteronomy
one use
Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֖יםufishtimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and linens
Joshua
one use
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
- בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣יbefishteipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among flaxes of
Judges
one use
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙kapishtimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like the flaxes
Proverbs
one use
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֑יםufishtimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and flaxes
Isaiah
one use
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
- פִשְׁתִּ֖יםfishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flaxes
Jeremiah
one use
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
- פִּשְׁתִּ֔יםpishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
Ezekiel
four uses
So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- פִּשְׁתִּ֥יםpishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
- פִשְׁתִּ֖יםfishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.
- פִשְׁתִּים֙fishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
- פִשְׁתִּ֔יםfishtimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: linens
Hosea
two uses
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יufishticonjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and flax my
Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
- וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יufishticonjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and flax my
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.