נְעֹרֶתnᵉʻôreth
tow, as shaken off from the flax when beaten (Judges 16:9; Isaiah 1:31)
Pronunciation: neh-o'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5296
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Judges 16:9 She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of her house, and she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as a piece of string snaps when it is burned by a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
- Isaiah 1:31 The strongest among you will disappear like straw; their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire. They and their evil works will burn up together, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).