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G4117 πλέγμα (plégma)
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Quick Definition

πλέγμα, ατος, τό n.n. braided hair, anything interwoven

Strong's Definition

from 4120; a plait (of hair)

KJV Usage: broidered hair

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | πλέκω

49.28 · Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning

woven object, braided (hair) anything which is intertwined or interlaced, either woven or braided

1TI 2:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πλέγμα, -τος, τό, (πλέκω), What is woven, plaited, or twisted together; a web, plait, braid: used thus of a net, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 28; of a basket, Eur., Plat.; πλέγμα βύβλινον, in which the Gufant Moses was laid, eee antt. 2, 9,4; by other writ. in other senses. braided hair (Vulg. crines torli, ringlets, curls): 1 Tim. ii. 9 (ef. 1 Pet. iii. 3).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πλέγμα plegma 1x

anything plaited or intertwined; a braid of hair, 1 Tim. 2:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** πλέγμα, -τος, τό

(< πλέκω), [in Aq., Th.: Is 28:5*;]

what is woven or twisted (as basket-work, nets, etc.); a braiding (sc. τριχῶν, cf. I Pe 3:3): pl., I Ti 2:9.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πλέγμα (plegma) — braided. πλέγ-μα, ατος, τό, anything twined or twisted, π. ἕλικος the twisting tendril of the vine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. plaited work, wicker-work, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, wreaths, chaplets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, plaited hair, [NT]

3. π. δικτυοειδές the rete mirabile Galeni, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, complex, combination of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, complex, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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