Strong G4117πλέγμα
braided
- Transliteration
- plegma
- Pronunciation
- pleg'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4120; a plait (of hair): - broidered hair.
Detailed definition
πλέγμα, -τος, τό
(πλέκω), [in Aq., Th.: Isa.28:5 *;]
what is woven or twisted (as basket-work, nets, etc.); a braiding (sc. τριχῶν, cf. 1Pe.3:3): pl., 1Ti.2:9.†
(AS)
(πλέκω), [in Aq., Th.: Isa.28:5 *;]
what is woven or twisted (as basket-work, nets, etc.); a braiding (sc. τριχῶν, cf. 1Pe.3:3): pl., 1Ti.2:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4117 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hair1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλέγ-μα, ατος, τό,
anything twined or twisted, π. ἕλικος the twisting tendril of the vine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 183.2; γυίων π. “Anthologia Graeca” 5.245 (Paul. Sil.), compare 285 ([prev. author]).)]
2 plaited work, wicker-work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 734e, etc.; τὸ τοῦ κύρτου π. [prev. author] “Ti.” 79d: hence, ={κύρτος}, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.28)]: in plural, wreaths, chaplets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1393)]; also, plaited hair, [NT (NT.1Tim.2.9.)]
3 π. δικτυοειδές the rete mirabile Galeni, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.155, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.4, +others)]
II metaphorically, complex, combination of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 262d)]: generally, complex, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.372, 651, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.3.4.)]
anything twined or twisted, π. ἕλικος the twisting tendril of the vine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 183.2; γυίων π. “Anthologia Graeca” 5.245 (Paul. Sil.), compare 285 ([prev. author]).)]
2 plaited work, wicker-work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 734e, etc.; τὸ τοῦ κύρτου π. [prev. author] “Ti.” 79d: hence, ={κύρτος}, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.28)]: in plural, wreaths, chaplets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1393)]; also, plaited hair, [NT (NT.1Tim.2.9.)]
3 π. δικτυοειδές the rete mirabile Galeni, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.155, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.4, +others)]
II metaphorically, complex, combination of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 262d)]: generally, complex, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.372, 651, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.3.4.)]