Quick Definition
flax
Strong's Definition
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)
Derivation: from the same as H6580 (פַּשׁ) as in the sense of comminuting;
KJV Usage: flax, linen.
TWOT Reference: 1848
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֵּ֫שֶׁת (pish.teh) — flax. 1) flax, linen 1a) fibre used as material for garments
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun c
Crops
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
EXO 9:31 · EXO 9:31 · JOS 2:6 · JDG 15:14 · PRO 31:13 · ISA 19:9 · HOS 2:7 · HOS 2:11
Professions
Collocation: עֹבְדֵי פִּשְׁתִּים שְׂרִיקֹות
workers in combed flax = people whose profession it is to clean flax by combing it
Cloth | ≈ עֹור · צֶמֶר
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
LEV 13:47 · LEV 13:48 · LEV 13:52 · LEV 13:59 · DEU 22:11 · JER 13:1 · EZK 40:3 · EZK 44:17 · EZK 44:18 · EZK 44:18
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פֵּ֫שֶׁת] n.[m.] flax, linen base