Strong G1707ἐμπλέκω
to entangle/involve
- Transliteration
- emplekō
- Pronunciation
- em-plek'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐμ-πλέκω
[in LXX: Pro.28:18 (נָפַל), 2Ma.15:17 *;]
to weave in, entwine; pass., metaphorically, to be involved, entangled in: 2Ti.2:4, 2Pe.2:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.28:18 (נָפַל), 2Ma.15:17 *;]
to weave in, entwine; pass., metaphorically, to be involved, entangled in: 2Ti.2:4, 2Pe.2:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1707 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- entangle1
- entangleth1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπλέκ-ω,
Epic dialect ἐνιπλέκω, perfect ἐμπέπλεχα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀστέων φύσιος” 17, ἐμπέπλεκα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.352)], variant in Hp.[same place]: future passive ἐμπλᾰκήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Pro.28.18)]:—plait or weave in, entwine, χεῖρα ἐ. entwine one's hand in another's clothes, so as to hold him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 262; εἰς ἀρκυστάταν μηχανὰν ἐμπλέκειν παῖδα [prev. work] 1421 (Lyric poetry))]; τῇ καλλίστῃ τέχνῃ τοὔνομα ἐ. connect the name with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244c; ποιηταὶ τοιαῦτα ἐμπλέκοντες καὶ συγκυκῶντες [prev. author] “Lg.” 669d; ἐ. τὴν ἡδονὴν εἰς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1153b15)]; ποίῃ ἐνιπλέξω σε (i.e. ἀοιδῇ); [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 29; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς φιλίαν τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.7.11)]:—passive, to be entangled in a thing, πλεκταῖσιν αἰώραισιν ἐμπεπλεγμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1264; ἡνίαισιν ἐμπλακείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1236; ἐν δεσμοῖσιν ἐμπεπλεγμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1032; εἰς δίκτυον ἄτης ἐμπλεχθήσεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079)]: metaphorically, to be involved, ἐν πόνοις, ἐν κακοῖς ἐμπλακῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.112; εἰς ἀσχολίας βαθυτέρας τῶν ἐγκυκλίων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.35U.; εἰς τὰ κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.3)]; form a connexion with, ἔθνει [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 24.6.1; γυναικὶ ἐμπλακείς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.2; εἴς τινα Vett. Val. 118.4)]; of troops, to be incorporated with hoplites, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 6.1; but also ἐμπλεκέντες τινί)]having had a scuffle with.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 39.17 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, weave by subtle art, ἐ. αἰνίγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 610; ἐ. πλοκάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 936.)]
Epic dialect ἐνιπλέκω, perfect ἐμπέπλεχα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀστέων φύσιος” 17, ἐμπέπλεκα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.352)], variant in Hp.[same place]: future passive ἐμπλᾰκήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Pro.28.18)]:—plait or weave in, entwine, χεῖρα ἐ. entwine one's hand in another's clothes, so as to hold him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 262; εἰς ἀρκυστάταν μηχανὰν ἐμπλέκειν παῖδα [prev. work] 1421 (Lyric poetry))]; τῇ καλλίστῃ τέχνῃ τοὔνομα ἐ. connect the name with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244c; ποιηταὶ τοιαῦτα ἐμπλέκοντες καὶ συγκυκῶντες [prev. author] “Lg.” 669d; ἐ. τὴν ἡδονὴν εἰς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1153b15)]; ποίῃ ἐνιπλέξω σε (i.e. ἀοιδῇ); [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 29; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς φιλίαν τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.7.11)]:—passive, to be entangled in a thing, πλεκταῖσιν αἰώραισιν ἐμπεπλεγμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1264; ἡνίαισιν ἐμπλακείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1236; ἐν δεσμοῖσιν ἐμπεπλεγμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1032; εἰς δίκτυον ἄτης ἐμπλεχθήσεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079)]: metaphorically, to be involved, ἐν πόνοις, ἐν κακοῖς ἐμπλακῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.112; εἰς ἀσχολίας βαθυτέρας τῶν ἐγκυκλίων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.35U.; εἰς τὰ κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.3)]; form a connexion with, ἔθνει [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 24.6.1; γυναικὶ ἐμπλακείς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.2; εἴς τινα Vett. Val. 118.4)]; of troops, to be incorporated with hoplites, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 6.1; but also ἐμπλεκέντες τινί)]having had a scuffle with.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 39.17 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, weave by subtle art, ἐ. αἰνίγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 610; ἐ. πλοκάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 936.)]