H5296: נְעֹרֶת
nᵉʻôreth · pronounced neh-o'-reth · “tow”
Definition
something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)
KJV translates it as: tow.
Word origin: from H5287 (נָעַר);
Extended definition
a strand of flax, tow (as shaken from flax when beaten)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5296 is translated
- tow ×2
Bible verses with H5296 (nᵉʻôreth)
Nᵉʻôreth appears in 2 verses.
- Judges 16:9
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
- Isaiah 1:31
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.