Word

πλέκω

plékō · G4120 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to braid, to weave

To interlace strands, either by braiding or weaving

Examples
Matthew 27:29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Mark 15:17 And they dressed Him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple cloak on Him;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated (participle) 3

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

στέφανοςcrown 3

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐκfrom+ ἄκανθαthorn plant 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To braid, to weave49.27: πλέκω describes weaving or braiding material together. Matthew's account of the mockery of Jesus records the soldiers' action: “And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand” (Matthew 27:29).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πλέκωplékō · G4120ἐμπλέκω emplékō · G1707 · to become involved · 2×ἐμπλοκή emplokḗ · G1708 · braiding · 1×πλέγμα plégma · G4117 · woven object, braided (hair) · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist participle πλέξαντες; ((cf. Curtius, § 103; Vanicek, p. 519)); from Homer…

: 1 aorist participle πλέξαντες; ((cf. Curtius, § 103; Vanicek, p. 519)); from Homer down; to plait, braid, weave together: πλέξαντες στέφανον, Mt 27:29; Mk 15:17; Jn 19:2. (Compare: ἐμπλέκω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0