Strong H4253מַחֲלָפָה

lock

Transliteration
machlâphâh
Pronunciation
makh-law-faw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H2498; a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other): - lock.

Detailed definition

1) braid, lock, plait
1a) of hair

In the Bible

Strong H4253 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lock2

First verses

  1. Judges 16:13
    And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
  2. Judges 16:19
    And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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