Word Summary
emplokē: (elaborate) braiding (of the hair)
Original Word: ἐμπλοκήTransliteration: emplokē
Phonetic Spelling: (em-plok-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: (elaborate) braiding (of the hair)
Meaning: (elaborate) braiding (of the hair)
Strong's Concordance
elaborate braiding of the hair
From empleko; elaborate braiding of the hair -- plaiting.
see GREEK empleko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1708: ἐμπλοκήἐμπλοκή (see
ἐν, III. 3),
ἐμπλοκῆς,
ἡ, (
ἐμπλέκω),
an interweaving, braiding, a knot:
τριχῶν (Lachmann omits), an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots,
Vulg.capillatura, (
A. V. plaiting),
1 Peter 3:3 (
κόμης,
Strabo 17, p. 828).