G4109: πλάξ (pláx)

G4109 πλάξ (pláx)

Greek

Quick Definition

πλάξ, πλακός, ἡ n.f. a tablet, flat surface

Strong's Definition

from 4111; a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet, literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: table

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πλάξ (G4109)

noun, f. | πλακός

6.61 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Marking and Writing

tablet a flat stone on which inscriptions could be made In the NT πλάξ is used to refer to the tablets of the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

2CO 3:3 · 2CO 3:3 · HEB 9:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ, [(akin to πλάτος, εἴα. ; Fick iv. 161)], a flat thing, broad tablet, plane, level surface (as of the sea), (ef. our plate), (Pind., Trage., al.; Sept. for m3): αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης (see διαθήκη, 2 p. 136°), Heb. ix. 4; οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶ λιθίναις (tables of stone, such as those on which the law of Moses was written), ἀλλ᾽ ἐν πλαξὶ καρδίας σαρκίναις, 2 Co. 111. 3.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πλάξ plax 3x

a flat broad surface; a table, tablet, 2 Cor. 3:3; Heb. 9:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ,

[in LXX for לוּחַ;]

anything flat and broad. a plain (poët.).

In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: II Co 3:3, He 9:4.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πλάξ. The late use of πλάξ (for στήλη) as a ‘‘tablet” for writing purposes (2 Cor 3%, Heb 94) is seen in an inscr. giving the right of asylum to a Jewish synagogue, Crest. I. 5418. βασιλίσσης Kal βασιλέως προσταξάντων ἀντὶ τῆς προανακειμένης περὶ τῆς ἀναθέσεως τῆς προσευχῆς πλακὸς ἡ ὑπογεγραμμένη ἐπιγραφήτω Βασιλεὺς Πτολεμαῖος Kvepyérns τὴν προσευχὴν ἄσυλον. The date is uncertain, but Wilcken thinks the reference is to Euergetes I. (B.c. 246-221), and regards this usage of πλάξ as characteristic of the Egyptian Kowy (cf. the LXX use of πλάκες for the tables of the Law); see his note ad Zc. and more recently UPZ i. p. 404. We may also note OG/S 672} (A.D. 80) ἐτέθησαν παρ᾽ ἑκάτερα τῶν τοίχων πλάκες ἐπιγεγραμμέναι δεκατέσσαρες, ΛΑ αἰεί 8281 (ii/A.D.) σοὶ πλάκα [τ]ήν[ δ᾽] ἀν[έθ]ηκε, and P Osl I. 1349 (iv/a.p.) τὸν δ10 : , πλατυς στρόβιλον τῆς πλακὸς τοῦ βαλανίου τούτον, “the top (cone) of the tablet of the bath,” where, however, the exact meaning of πλάξ is by no means clear, see the editor's note. For πλάξ used of inscribed fragments of limestone, see Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 8 note. MGr πλάκα, ‘slab ᾿᾿ (e.g. of a tomb).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πλάξ (plax) — tablet. πλάξ, πλᾰκός, ἡ, anything flat and broad, especially flat land, plain, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Φλεγραίαν π. [Refs]; νυχίαν π., of Psyttaleia (perhaps μυχίαν), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεκύων πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of sea and sky, πόντου πλάξ the ocean-plain, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ποντία, πελαγία π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰθερία πλάξ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; flat top of a hill, table-land, Σουνίου, Οἴτης π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας πυργώδους πλακός from the flat top of the towering hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. flat stone, tablet, ἐργώνας τᾶν πλακῶν τᾶς τομᾶς εἰς τὸν ὀχετόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐπιγεγραμμέναι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]; tombstone, [Refs]: plural, slabs of marble, Chor.p.89 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ μαρμάρου π., of ice, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

2. b πλάκες χρυσίου gold plates, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ ἐντὸς π. τῶν κογχυλίων the inner surface.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. c ἡ π. τοῦ βαλανίου τούτου probably part of the furnace, [Refs]. d. plural, flakes of ἀρσενικὸν τὸ πλακῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. in plural, flaps, tail-fins of crustacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. b folds within certain parts of the ruminant stomach, [Refs]

4. κοπτῆς πλάκες,πλακοῦντες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Lett.plakt 'become flat'.)