What does פִּשְׁתֶּה (pišĕteh) mean in the Bible?
פִּשְׁתֶּה (pišĕteh): Material substance transformed through labor; flax fiber processed into usable thread or cloth for garments and priestly vestments.
Hebrew · H6593
פִּשְׁתֶּה
Linen (i.e. the thread, as carded )
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פִּשְׁתֶּה H6593
Pronunciation pišĕteh
What does פִּשְׁתֶּה (pišĕteh) mean in the Bible?
פִּשְׁתֶּה (pišĕteh): Material substance transformed through labor; flax fiber processed into usable thread or cloth for garments and priestly vestments.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6593?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and linen (4), linen (3), a linen (1), and flax (1), flax (1).
Where does פִּשְׁתֶּה (pišĕteh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 13:47. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (4), Leviticus (4), Hosea (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and linen 4× Deuteronomy 22:11, Ezekiel 44:18, Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:9
linen 3× Leviticus 13:47, Leviticus 13:59, Ezekiel 44:17
a linen 1× Jeremiah 13:1
and flax 1× Proverbs 31:13
flax 1× Judges 15:14
in flax 1× Isaiah 19:9
of flax 1× Joshua 2:6
of linen 1× Leviticus 13:48
or linen 1× Leviticus 13:52
They are to wear linen 1× Ezekiel 44:18
with a linen 1× Ezekiel 40:3
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 13:47 פִּשְׁתִּֽים׃ to linen Noun - feminine plural Leviticus 13:48 לַפִּשְׁתִּ֖ים to of linen Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural Leviticus 13:52 בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔ים to or linen Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Leviticus 13:59 הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗ים to linen Article | Noun - feminine plural Deuteronomy 22:11 וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים to and linen Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Joshua 2:6 בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י to of flax Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Judges 15:14 כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙ to flax Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural Proverbs 31:13 וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים to and flax Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Isaiah 19:9 פִשְׁתִּ֖ים to in flax Noun - feminine plural Jeremiah 13:1 פִּשְׁתִּ֔ים to a linen Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 13:47
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 9
Leviticus 4 Deuteronomy 1 Joshua 1 Judges 1 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 4 Hosea 2
Source forms
וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י 2x ū·p̄iš·tî Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:9
פִשְׁתִּ֖ים 2x p̄iš·tîm Isaiah 19:9, Ezekiel 44:17
בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י 1x bə·p̄iš·tê Joshua 2:6
בַפִּשְׁתִּ֔ים 1x ḇap·piš·tîm Leviticus 13:52
הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗ים 1x hap·piš·tîm Leviticus 13:59
וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים 1x ū·p̄iš·tîm Deuteronomy 22:11
וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים 1x ū·p̄iš·tîm Proverbs 31:13
כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙ 1x kap·piš·tîm Judges 15:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural 7x Leviticus 13:47, Isaiah 19:9, Jeremiah 13:1, Ezekiel 40:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural 2x Deuteronomy 22:11, Proverbs 31:13
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular 2x Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:9
Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Leviticus 13:59
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Joshua 2:6
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Leviticus 13:52
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Judges 15:14
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Leviticus 13:48
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Material substance transformed through labor; flax fiber processed into usable thread or cloth for garments and priestly vestments.
Source Gloss
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Material substance transformed through labor; flax fiber processed into usable thread or cloth for garments and priestly vestments.
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded) BDB: flax Usage: flax, linen.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
linen waistband as symbolic object used in prophetic sign-act
linen garment subject to ritual inspection for contamination
flax as raw material worked by industrious woman for thread production
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 16 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
פִּשְׁתֶּה is built from this root:
פַּשׁ H6580
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain