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Mixed stuff

שַׁעַטְנֵזStrong’s H8162

shaatnez (sha-at-nez)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shaatnez is the Hebrew word usually translated “mixed stuff”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.”
Leviticus 19:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. Mixed stuff, fabric of mixed weave, linsey-woolseya kind of cloth forbidden for garments · cloth made by weaving linen and wool together
How it's translated
  • mixed stuff 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 1
  • Deuteronomy 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שַׁעַטְנֵז shaatnez · mixed stuff

1) mixed stuff, fabric of mixed weave, linsey-woolsey 1a) a kind of cloth forbidden for garments 1b) cloth made by weaving linen and wool together

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

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