Strong Hebrew #5296 - נְעֹרֶת neoreth (tow (for making thread))
| Original Word: | נְעֹרֶת |
| Transliteration: | neoreth |
| Definition: | tow (for making thread) |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Feminine |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (neh-o'-reth) |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
tow
From na'ar; something shaken out, i.e. Tow (as the refuse of flax) -- tow.
see HEBREW na'ar
Englishman's Concordance
1) a strand of flax, tow (as shaken from flax when beaten)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5287
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1388b
Brown-Driver-Briggs
נְעֹ֫רֶתnoun femininetow (as
shaken off from the flax when beaten; on form compare Ba
NB 64); — in simile
׳מְּתִילהַֿנּJudges 16:9a thread of tow (snapping from heat);
׳נIsaiah 1:31 (figurative; as inflammable).
III. נער (√ of following; meaning unknown).
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 5296. נְעֹ֫רֶת (neoreth) — 2 Occurrences
Judges 16:9
HEB:יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־ הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ
NAS: as a string of tow snaps
KJV: as a thread of tow is broken
INT: snaps A string of tow toucheth fire
Isaiah 1:31
HEB:וְהָיָ֤ה הֶחָסֹן֙ לִנְעֹ֔רֶת וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לְנִיצ֑וֹץ
NAS: will become tinder, His work
KJV: And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker
INT: will become the strong tinder his work A spark