Quick Definition
ἐμπλοκή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a plaiting, braiding
Strong's Definition
elaborate braiding of the hair
Derivation: from G1707 (ἐμπλέκω);
KJV Usage: plaiting
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-πλοκή [sce ev, IIT. 3], -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐμπλέκων), an interweaving, braiding, a knot: τριχῶν [Lehm. om.], an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots, Vulg. capillatura, [A. V. plaiting). 1 Pet. iii. 3 (κομῆς, Strab. 17 p- 828).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπλοκή emplokē 1x
braiding or plaiting of hair, 1 Pet. 3:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἐμ-πλοκή, ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐμπλίκω),
a braiding: τριχῶν, I Pe 3:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπλοκή in the sense of ‘‘struggle,’ 12455 (i/A.D.) Kal ἐν τῇ ἐνπλοκῇ ἀπολέσσθαι (/. -ér Bat) αὐτῆς ἐνώδιον χρυσοῦν, ‘in the struggle she lost a golden ear-ring ’’ (Edd.): cf. 76. 150! (A.D. 40) kal ἐν τῇ ἐμπλοκῇ ἀπώλοντό po(v) apy(vpfov) fp. With the use in 1 Pet 33 cf. Syll 6537" (B.C. 91) μὴ ἐχέτω δὲ μηδεμία χρυσία... μηδὲ τὰς τρίχας ἀνπεπλεγμένας, τοσιυϊιῖίοης regarding the ἱεραί in the celebration of the mysteries of Demeter and Kore: cf. 76. 9391°. For the szmplex πλοκή cf. P Giss I. 477 (time of Hadrian) where a θῶραξ is described as τ]ὴην πλοκὴν Aertétatos. In P Ryl II. 1541 (A.D. 66) ἀποπλοκή is used of the ““ separation” of divorce, as the verb occurs elsewhere, and the editors note γενόμενος καὶ ἀποπεπλεγμένος as a euphemism for death in BGU I. ταδί: 1 (ii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐμπλοκή (emplokē) — braiding. ἐμ-πλοκή, ἡ, braiding, κόμης [NT+4th c.BC+]
2. scuffle, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. interweaving, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; entanglement, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the matted roots of trees, [Refs]; τόποις ἐμπλοκὰς ἔχειν, of districts, to run into one another, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. in Mathematics texts, κατ᾽ ἐμπλοκήν, ={ἐμπλέγδην}, [Refs 4th c.AD+]