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Straw

מַתְבֵּןStrong’s H4963

matben (mat-ben)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Matben is the Hebrew word usually translated “heap of straw”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.”
Isaiah 25:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Straw heap
How it's translated
  • a heap of straw 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַתְבֵּן matben · straw

    straw heap

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “straw” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STRAW, noun

    [G., Latin See Strew.]

    1. The stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc.
    2. A mass of the stalks of certain species of grain when cut, and after being thrashed; as a bundle or a load of straw In this sense, the word admits not the plural number.
    3. Any thing proverbially worthless.
    All definitions and other forms of “straw”

      STRAW, verb transitive

      To spread or scatter. [See Strew and Strow.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.