נְעֹרֶת
nĕʿōret
tow
Strong's H5296NounHebrewTWOT 1388b

נְעֹרֶת (nĕʿōret) is a Hebrew noun meaning tow. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5296).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1388b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1388b)tow, shaken off; shaken
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְעֹ֫רֶת noun, feminine: tow, shaken off

tow (as shaken off from the flax when beaten)

Strong's H5296 נְעֹרֶת: something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)
KJV:tow.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1388: נָעַר nāʿar — shake, shake out, off; shake thyself, free; tumble; overthrow, toss up and down

See it in Scripture

Judges 16:9Isaiah 1:31

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