Greek noun (feminine) · G4109
πλάξ
plaxplax
a plain (poët.).; In late writers (Luc., al.)
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pláx
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4109is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4109
a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet, literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: table.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
plax is rendered "a plain (poët.).; In late writers (Luc., al.)". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a plain (poët.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:3πλαξὶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a plain (poët.)., and In late writers (Luc., al.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a plain (poët.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry… |
| In late writers (Luc., al.)a flat stone, a tablet | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πλαξὶν2
- πλάκες1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2N-DPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
2 Corinthians
two uses
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- πλαξὶνplaxinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tablets
- πλαξὶνplaxinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tablets
Hebrews
one use
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
- πλάκεςplakesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: tablets
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.