G4120: πλέκω (plékō)

G4120 πλέκω (plékō)

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Quick Definition

πλέκω v. I weave together, plait

Strong's Definition

a primary word; to twine or braid

KJV Usage: plait

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πλέκω (G4120)

verb | ἐμπλέκομαι · ἐμπλοκή · πλέγμα

49.27 · Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning

to braid, to weave to interlace strands, either by braiding or weaving

MAT 27:29 · MRK 15:17 · JHN 19:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πλέκω: 1 aor. ptep. πλέξαντες ; [(cf. Curtius § 103; Vaniéek p.519)]; fr. Hom. down; to plait, braid, weave together: πλέξαντες στέφανον, Mt. xxvii. 29; Mk. xv. 17; Jn. xix.2. [Comp.: ἐμ-πλέκω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πλέκω plekō 3x

to interweave, weave, braid, plait, Mt. 27:29; Mk. 15:17; Jn. 19:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πλέκω,

[in LXX: Ex 28:14 (עֲבֹת), Is 28:5 (צְפִירָה)*;]

to plait, twist, weave: Mt 27:29, Mk 15:17, Jo 19:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πλέκω, ““plait,”’ ‘‘ weave” (Mt 2739 a/.): cf. Aristeas 70 κισσὸν ἀκάνθῳ πλεκόμενον, “ivy intertwined with acanthus.” For the verbal cf. P Oxy III. 52079 (A.D. 143) κύρτων πλεκτῶ(ν) ἢν “8 plaited fish-baskets,”’ and the fem. πλεκτή 425 in the same document = ‘‘rope.” The subst. πλοκή occurs in P Giss I. 477 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p. 383) where a θῶραξ is described as tT]\v πλοκὴν λεπτότατος : cf. Aristeas 60, 67. The compd. περιπλοκή = ‘complication ”’ is found in P Oxy III. 53329 (ii/iii a.D.) μὴ ἔχωμεν περιπλοκὴν πίρ]ὸς τὸν ἀντίδικον. In Vett. Val. pp. 169%, 31375, πλέκεσθαι = ferturbart, and in 16. 1192? = mirsceri. The verb survives in MGr with a by-form πλέκνω.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πλέκω (plekō) — to weave. πλέκ-ω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλέξω [Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἔπλεξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πέπλοχα (Attic dialect accusative to Hdn.Gr.[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future πλέξομαι [Refs 5th c.AD+]: aorist ἐπλεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future πλεχθήσομαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πλᾰκήσομαι (ἐπι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐπλέχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also aorist 2 ἐπλάκην [ᾰ], participle πλᾰκείς (ἐμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also participle κατα-πλεκείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλεγμαι [Refs]:—plait, twine, πλοκάμους ἔπλεξε φαεινούς [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, πεῖσμα.. πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρέωνται σειρῇσι πεπλεγμένῃσι ἐξ ἱμάντων[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. make by art, βωμόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, devise, contrive, mostly of tortuous means, π. δόλον ἀμφί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τέχνης τέχνην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μηχανὴ πεπλεγμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of Poets, π. ὕμνον, ῥήματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; form the plot of a tragedy, opposed to λύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —hence in passive, μῦθοι πεπλεγμένοι complex, opposed to ἁπλοῖ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. χρόνον τοῦ ζῆν π., ={διαπλέκω}[Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.4. compound, ἐκ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, of words or syllables, to be compounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. passive, twine oneself round, περὶ βρέτει πλεχθεὶς θεᾶς [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.6. passive, to be involved, entangled, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Latin plecto, im-plico, OHG. flehtan.)