Pishtah פִּשְׁתָּה
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| פִּשְׁתָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pishtah |
| Strong's number | H6594 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | flax |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Pishtah (Hebrew פִּשְׁתָּה, Strong's H6594) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “flax”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) flax
1a) flax (of the plant)
1b) as wick for lamp
1a) flax (of the plant)
1b) as wick for lamp
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | flax (3), tow (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | flax (1), was ripe and the flax (1), wick (1), like a wick (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Pishtah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 9:31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
Isaiah
- Isaiah 42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- Isaiah 43:17Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
Notes
- 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).