H6594: פִּשְׁתָּה
pishtâh · pronounced pish-taw' · “flax”
Definition
flax; by implication, a wick
KJV translates it as: flax, tow.
Word origin: feminine of H6593 (פִּשְׁתֶּה);
Extended definition
1) flax
1a) flax (of the plant)
1b) as wick for lamp
1a) flax (of the plant)
1b) as wick for lamp
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6594 is translated
- flax ×2
- a wick ×1
- wick ×1
Bible verses with H6594 (pishtâh)
Pishtâh appears in 3 verses.
- Exodus 9:31
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
- Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
- Isaiah 43:17
Which 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.