נְעֹרֶת
neoret · tow
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5296 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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neoret (נְעֹרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tow”.
The short fibers left over from flax, which burn very easily.
How to say it
ne·o·ret
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Short fibers left over from flax, which catch fire at once.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 16:9
Now the ambush was waiting for her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of tow snaps when it smells fire. So his strength was not known.
- Isaiah 1:31
And the strong man will become tow, and his work a spark; and both of them will burn together, with no one to quench them.