Pishteh פֵּ֫שֶׁת

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Pishteh (Hebrew פֵּ֫שֶׁת, Strong's H6593) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “flax”. It occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	linen (9), flax (7)
BSB	linen (11), flax (4), they are to wear linen (1)

Every verse with Pishteh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus 13:47
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or 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;any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—
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.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.
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.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.”

Deuteronomy 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven 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.(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

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.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.

Proverbs 31:13
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

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.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.”

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.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.
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.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.
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.They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

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.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.’
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.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.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).