Strong G1708ἐμπλοκή
braiding
- Transliteration
- emplokē
- Pronunciation
- em-plok-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1707; elaborate braiding of the hair: - plaiting.
Detailed definition
ἐμ-πλοκή, ῆς, ἡ
(ἐμπλίκω),
a braiding: τριχῶν, 1Pe.3:3.†
(AS)
(ἐμπλίκω),
a braiding: τριχῶν, 1Pe.3:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1708 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- plait1
First verses
- 1 Peter 3:3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμ-πλοκή, ἡ,
braiding, κόμης [NT+4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.7, compare 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus Dam. p.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, NT.1Pet.3.3.)]
2 scuffle, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 124.28 (1st c.AD), 150.12 (1st c.AD).)]
II interweaving, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 1420 (uncertain))]; entanglement, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.916d (_plural_))]; of the matted roots of trees, [Refs (Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 1.5 (_plural_))]; τόποις ἐμπλοκὰς ἔχειν, of districts, to run into one another, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.4.12.)]
III in Mathematics texts, κατ᾽ ἐμπλοκήν, ={ἐμπλέγδην}, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.124P., +others)]
braiding, κόμης [NT+4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.7, compare 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus Dam. p.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, NT.1Pet.3.3.)]
2 scuffle, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 124.28 (1st c.AD), 150.12 (1st c.AD).)]
II interweaving, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 1420 (uncertain))]; entanglement, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.916d (_plural_))]; of the matted roots of trees, [Refs (Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 1.5 (_plural_))]; τόποις ἐμπλοκὰς ἔχειν, of districts, to run into one another, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.4.12.)]
III in Mathematics texts, κατ᾽ ἐμπλοκήν, ={ἐμπλέγδην}, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.124P., +others)]