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Strong's #4120 - πλέκω
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- to plait, braid, weave together
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πλέκ-ω,
Pi. O. 6.86, etc.: fut. πλέξω AP 5.146 ( Mel. ): aor. ἔπλεξα Il. 14.176, etc.: pf. πέπλοχα ( Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr. 2.356 ), ( δια- ) Hp. Oss. 16, ( ἐμ- ) ibid., but ἐμ-πέπλεχε ib. 17: — Med., fut. πλέξομαι Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19: aor. ἐπλεξάμην Od. 10.168, Ar. Lys. 790: — Pass., fut. πλεχθήσομαι ( ἐμ- ) A. Pr. 1079 (anap.); πλᾰκήσομαι ( ἐπι- ) Gal. 6.873: aor. ἐπλέχθην A. Eu. 259 (lyr.), Pl. Plt. 283a, ( περι- ) Od. 23.33; but also aor. 2 ἐπλάκην [ᾰ ], part. πλᾰκείς ( ἐμ- ) E. Hipp. 1236, ( συμ- ) S. Fr. 618; also part. κατα-πλεκείς Hsch., v.l. in Plb. 3.73.1, περι-πλεκείς Tim. Pers. 157, συμπλεκείς Hdt. 8.84 (v.l. -πλακ- ): pf. πέπλεγμαι Id. 7.72, etc.: — plait, twine, πλοκάμους ἔπλεξε φαεινούς Il. 14.176; στέφανον Pi. I. 8(7).73, cf. Ar. Th. 458; ἐκ τῆς βίβλου ἱστία Thphr. HP 4.8.4; ἀνθερίκεσσι ἀκριδοθήραν Theoc. 1.52: — Med., πεῖσμα . . πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, Od. 10.168, cf. Hdt. 2.28; π. ἄρκυς Ar. Lys. 790 (lyr.): — Pass., κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, Hdt. 7.72; χρέωνται σειρῇσι πεπλεγμένῃσι ἐξ ἱμάντων ib. 85; βρόχος πεπλ. σπάρτου X. Cyn. 9.13 .
2. make by art, βωμόν Call. Ap. 61 .
II metaph., devise, contrive, mostly of tortuous means, π. δόλον ἀμφί τινι A. Ch. 220: prov., δειϝοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι Id. Fr. 373; so π. πλοκάς E. Ion 826; ἐκ τέχνης τέχνην ib. 1280; παντοίας παλάμας Ar. V. 644 (lyr.): — Pass., μηχανὴ πεπλεγμένη E. Andr. 995 .
2. of Poets, π. ὕμνον, ῥήματα, Pi. O. 6.86, N. 4.94; ᾠδάς Critias Fr. 1 D.; π. λόγους E. Rh. 834, Pl. Hp.Mi. 369b; form the plot of a tragedy, opp. λύειν, Arist. Po. 1456a9: — hence in Pass., μῦθοι πεπλεγμένοι complex, opp. ἁπλοῖ, ib. 1452a12, cf. b32, 1459b9; συλλογισμὸς πεπλ. Arr. Epict. 1.29.34; πέπλεκται [ἡ τῶν συμπάντων τῶν ὄντων νομοθεσία] ἐκ . . λόγων τε καὶ αἰτίων κτλ. Plot. 4.3.15 .
3. χρόνον τοῦ ζῆν π., = δι????Revelation 11, Euphro 5 .
4. compound, ἐκ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος AP 12.165 ( Mel. ): — Pass., of words or syllables, to be compounded, Pl. Tht. 202b, Ael. NA 5.30 .
5. Pass., twine oneself round, περὶ βρέτει πλεχθεὶς θεᾶς A. Eu. 259 (lyr.).
6. Pass., to be involved, entangled, Vett.Val. 169.32 . (Cf. Lat. plecto, im-plico, OHG. flehtan. )
πλέκω: 1 aorist participle πλέξαντες; ((cf. Curtius, § 103; Vanicek, p. 519)); from Homer down; to plait, braid, weave together: πλέξαντες στέφανον, Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2. (Compare: ἐμπλέκω.)
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For the adverbial use, as in John 7:17, cf. P Tebt II. 289.6 (A.D. 23) οὕτως γὰρ γνώσομαι πότερον ἐπὶ τόπων σε ἐάσω πράττοντά τι ἢ. . ., ";for I shall thus know whether I shall leave you in employment where you are or . . ."; (Edd.). The rare adjectival use (see Proleg. p. 77) is seen in P Lond 1912.74 (A.D. 41) in the address of the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrines, τῆς δὲ πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ταραχῆς. . . πότεροι μὲν αἴτιοι κατέστησαν, ";as to the question which of you were responsible for the riot against the Jews"; (Bell).
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