'Flax' in the Bible
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.
When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.
She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
And they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.
For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.