'Flax' in the Bible

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.

She looks for wool and flaxAnd works with her hands in delight.

Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flaxAnd the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.

So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

“For their mother has played the harlot;She who conceived them has acted shamefully.For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,Who give me my bread and my water,My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest timeAnd My new wine in its season.I will also take away My wool and My flaxGiven to cover her nakedness.