Shaʻaṭnêz — H8162

Definition

masculine noun

linsey-woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together

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

Usually translated as

garment of divers sorts, linen and wollen

Origin

probably of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Shaʻaṭnêz occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1)

• Leviticus 19:19 — 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 (שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז) linen and woollen come upon thee.
• Deuteronomy 22:11 — Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts (שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז), as of woollen and linen together.