# פִּשְׁתָּה (pishtah)

Israeli respelling: pish-tah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6594. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

flax; by implication, a wick

King James renderings: flax, tow.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/pishtah-h6594

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 9:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, th…