Strong G4109πλάξ
tablet
- Transliteration
- plax
- Pronunciation
- plax
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4111; a moulding board that is flat surface (plate or tablet literally or figuratively): - table.
Detailed definition
πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ
[in LXX for לוּחַ;]
anything flat and broad.
1. a plain (poët.).
2. In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: 2Co.3:3, Heb.9:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX for לוּחַ;]
anything flat and broad.
1. a plain (poët.).
2. In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: 2Co.3:3, Heb.9:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4109 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- table2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
- Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλάξ, πλᾰκός, ἡ,
anything flat and broad, especially flat land, plain, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 718)]; Φλεγραίαν π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 295)]; νυχίαν π., of Psyttaleia (perhaps μυχίαν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 953 (Lyric poetry); πλακὸς ὑλίας “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.7 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]; νεκύων πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1564 (Lyric poetry); νεκρῶν πλάκες [prev. work] 1577 (Lyric poetry))]; also of sea and sky, πόντου πλάξ the ocean-plain, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.24; ἄλοκα Νηρεΐας πλακὸς τέμνοντες 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus 1.15)]; ποντία, πελαγία π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1438; κατ᾽ Αἰγαίην πόντου πλάκα “BMus.Inscription” 1012 (Chalcedon, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD))]; αἰθερία πλάξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1349 (_anapaest meter_))]; flat top of a hill, table-land, Σουνίου, Οἴτης π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1220, “Ph.” 1430; Παρνασοῦ πλάκες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1267)]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας πυργώδους πλακός from the flat top of the towering hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 273; τὰς π. τοῦ ὄρους 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 4.1.)]
2 flat stone, tablet, ἐργώνας τᾶν πλακῶν τᾶς τομᾶς εἰς τὸν ὀχετόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).109 iii 154 (Epid., 3rd c.BC))]; π. ἐπιγεγραμμέναι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 672.12 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 3, etc.)]; of the [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (“Tables” of the Jewish Law, αἱ π. τοῦ μαρτυρίου, τῆς διαθήκης, LXX.Exo.31.18, NT.Heb.9.4; λίθων πλαξὶ λείαις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 12; οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶν λιθίναις ἀλλ᾽ ἐν π. καρδίας NT.2Cor.3.3)]; tombstone, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.324, compare “IG” 12(5).329 (_plural_, Paros))]: plural, slabs of marble, Chor.p.89 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, compare [same work] in “Rev.Phil.” 1877.79)]; ὥσπερ μαρμάρου π., of ice, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 341b.)]
2.b πλάκες χρυσίου gold plates, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.2.1; σαπφείροιο 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1105)]; ἡ ἐντὸς π. τῶν κογχυλίων the inner surface.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 73.)]
2.c ἡ π. τοῦ βαλανίου τούτου probably part of the furnace, [Refs (“PMag.Osl.” 1.340)]. d. plural, flakes of ἀρσενικὸν τὸ πλακῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.104.)]
3 in plural, flaps, tail-fins of crustacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526b9, “GA” 758a14.)]
3.b folds within certain parts of the ruminant stomach, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 507b11, “PA” 675a28.)]
4 κοπτῆς πλάκες,πλακοῦντες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.212 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. Lett.plakt 'become flat'.)
anything flat and broad, especially flat land, plain, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 718)]; Φλεγραίαν π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 295)]; νυχίαν π., of Psyttaleia (perhaps μυχίαν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 953 (Lyric poetry); πλακὸς ὑλίας “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.7 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]; νεκύων πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1564 (Lyric poetry); νεκρῶν πλάκες [prev. work] 1577 (Lyric poetry))]; also of sea and sky, πόντου πλάξ the ocean-plain, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.24; ἄλοκα Νηρεΐας πλακὸς τέμνοντες 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus 1.15)]; ποντία, πελαγία π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1438; κατ᾽ Αἰγαίην πόντου πλάκα “BMus.Inscription” 1012 (Chalcedon, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD))]; αἰθερία πλάξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1349 (_anapaest meter_))]; flat top of a hill, table-land, Σουνίου, Οἴτης π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1220, “Ph.” 1430; Παρνασοῦ πλάκες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1267)]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας πυργώδους πλακός from the flat top of the towering hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 273; τὰς π. τοῦ ὄρους 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 4.1.)]
2 flat stone, tablet, ἐργώνας τᾶν πλακῶν τᾶς τομᾶς εἰς τὸν ὀχετόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).109 iii 154 (Epid., 3rd c.BC))]; π. ἐπιγεγραμμέναι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 672.12 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 3, etc.)]; of the [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (“Tables” of the Jewish Law, αἱ π. τοῦ μαρτυρίου, τῆς διαθήκης, LXX.Exo.31.18, NT.Heb.9.4; λίθων πλαξὶ λείαις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 12; οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶν λιθίναις ἀλλ᾽ ἐν π. καρδίας NT.2Cor.3.3)]; tombstone, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.324, compare “IG” 12(5).329 (_plural_, Paros))]: plural, slabs of marble, Chor.p.89 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, compare [same work] in “Rev.Phil.” 1877.79)]; ὥσπερ μαρμάρου π., of ice, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 341b.)]
2.b πλάκες χρυσίου gold plates, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.2.1; σαπφείροιο 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1105)]; ἡ ἐντὸς π. τῶν κογχυλίων the inner surface.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 73.)]
2.c ἡ π. τοῦ βαλανίου τούτου probably part of the furnace, [Refs (“PMag.Osl.” 1.340)]. d. plural, flakes of ἀρσενικὸν τὸ πλακῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.104.)]
3 in plural, flaps, tail-fins of crustacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526b9, “GA” 758a14.)]
3.b folds within certain parts of the ruminant stomach, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 507b11, “PA” 675a28.)]
4 κοπτῆς πλάκες,πλακοῦντες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.212 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. Lett.plakt 'become flat'.)