'Flax' in the Bible
And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,
and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.
He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,
She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.
And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.
A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
Who is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: 'Together they lie down -- they rise not, They have been extinguished, As flax they have been quenched.'
And He bringeth me in thither, and lo, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed, and he is standing at the gate,
For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.
a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,