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H4253 מַחְלָפָה (machlâphâh) makh-law-faw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

lock

Strong's Definition

a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

Derivation: from H2498 (חָלַף);

KJV Usage: lock.

TWOT Reference: 666e

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲלָפָה (mach.la.phah) — lock. 1) braid, lock, plait 1a) of hair

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · חלף

People

lock, braid (of hair) = part of a person's hair that coils or hangs together, whether woven into a braid or not

JDG 16:13 · JDG 16:19

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מַחֲלָפָה] n.f. plait (of hair; so called fr. intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands) base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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