Plaiting

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

plat'-ing, plat'-ing (from the Old French, pleit, which is from the Latin plicatum, "fold"): An interweaving, a braiding, a knot; an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots; emploke, "outward adorning of plaiting the hair" (1Pe 3:3). Compare "platted" (crown of thorns) (Mt 27:29 parallel Mr 15:17; Joh 19:2).

See BRAIDED, BRAIDING.

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PlaitingEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915