Word Study · Strong's H4253 · Hebrew
מַחְלָפָה
machlaphah
makh-law-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: machlâphâh
“a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)
Rendered in the KJV as
lock.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- מַחְלְפ֥וֹת1
- מַחְלְפ֣וֹת1
How it is rendered · 1
- [the] plaits of2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
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- HNcfpc · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 16:13מַחְלְפ֥וֹתmachlefotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”here: [the] plaits of
- Judges 16:19מַחְלְפ֣וֹתmachlefotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.here: [the] plaits of