Topic
Tow
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 16:9Easton · ISBE · Nave (A piece of string)
Now 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 1:31ISBE · Nave (A piece of string)
And 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.
- Isaiah 43:17ISBE
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(Judg. 16:9). See FLAX.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
to (ne`oreth (Jud 16:9; Isa 1:31)): The coarser part of flax, with short threads, used as an example of easily inflammable material. Also Isa 43:17 the King James Version for pishtah, the usual word for "flax" (so the English Revised Version), here as used for a wick (so the American Standard Revised Version, the English Revised Version margin).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.