H5296 נְעֹרֶת

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

נְעֹרֶת

nᵉʻôreth · neh-o'-reth

Definition

something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)

KJV Renderings

tow.

Derivation / Etymology

from H5287 (נָעַר);

KJV Verses (2)

Judges 16:9Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.