KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The dry stalks of grain, used for fodder or brickmaking. Sense 2: Figuratively, something weak, insubstantial, or easily trampled.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 24:25
Complete exact-word concordance
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Yee shall no more giue the people straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let them goe and gather straw for themselues.
¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
¶ And the taske-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not giue you straw.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Goe ye, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your worke shall be diminished.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout al the land of Egypt, to gather stubble in stead of straw.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And the taske-masters hasted them, saying; Fulfill your workes, your dayly taskes, as when there was straw.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a matter of a day in his day.
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
There is no straw giuen vnto thy seruants, and they say to vs, Make bricke: and beholde, thy seruants are beaten; but the fault is in thine owne people.
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Goe therefore now and worke: for there shall no straw bee giuen you, yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The dry stalks of grain after threshing; used as fodder and in making brick, and figuratively of what is weak or worthless.
