Flax: Linen Made From
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Proverbs 31:13
She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
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Isaiah 19:6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
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Hosea 2:5,9
For their mother has played the harlot: she that conceived them has done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
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Greek
1040. bussos -- byssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made ...
... Cognate: 1040 -- , ie a very expensive (sought-after) form of linen -- "a specific
species of Egyptian flax or linen made from it that is very costly, delicate ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1040.htm - 6k
Strong's Hebrew
6593. pesheth -- flax, linen
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition flax, linen NASB Word Usage
flax (6), linen (9), linen made from flax (1). flax, linen. ...
/hebrew/6593.htm - 6k
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Egypt.
... into their fields and meadows; they cultivated the soil till it was one beautiful
garden; they wove their flax into fine linen; and they made bricks of their ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson iii egypt.htm

Concerning the Garments of the Priests, and of the High Priest.
... 2. Over this he wore a linen vestment, made of fine flax doubled: it is called Chethone,
and denotes linen, for we call linen by the name of Chethone. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 concerning the garments.htm

Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are Quite in ...
... with the most perfect truth that "they wound Him in linen clothes." For the phrase,
linen clothes, is one applied generally to all textures made of flax. ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxiii of the question whether.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... the foundation of this resemblance; but the fine flax and the ... by reason of their
stock, but still made use of ... them went up to the altar clothed in fine linen. ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

Second Great Group of Parables.
... The byssus, or fine linen of Egypt, was produced from flax, which grew on ... of this
parable is derived from rabbinical teaching, that our Lord made use of a ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcii second great group of 6.htm

Now it came to Pass, when She was Fourteen Years Old...
... the old man, saying: Thou hast been made blessed in ... the silk, and the blue, [1637]
and the fine linen, and the scarlet, and the purple, and the fine flax. ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 8 now it came.htm

Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... of linen, signifying earth, because linen, ie flax, grows out of the earth; purple,
signifying water, because the purple tint was made from certain shells ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sufficient reason can be.htm

Whether There Can be any Suitable Cause for the Sacraments of the ...
... Sixthly, there was the tiara or mitre which was made of linen. ... For the linen
breeches signified the earth out of which the flax grows. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be any 2.htm

Portrait of a Matron
... She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with ... She maketh fine linen, and
selleth it; and delivereth ... a field, and buyeth it,' and has made money enough ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/portrait of a matron.htm

On Clothes.
... I say nothing of the linens made of Amorgos [1548] and Byssus. ... Hermas speaks of
"pure undressed linen." Book iii. ... [1548] Flax grown in the island of Amorgos. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm

Resources
What does it mean that “the smoking flax He will not quench” in Matthew 12:20? | GotQuestions.org

Questions about Matthew | GotQuestions.org

What should we learn from the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31? | GotQuestions.org

Flax: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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