Lexical Summary
plekó: to weave, to braid, to twist together
Original Word: πλέκω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: plekó
Pronunciation: pleh'-ko
Phonetic Spelling: (plek'-o)
KJV: plait
NASB: twisting, twisted
Word Origin: [a primary word]
1. to twine or braid
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
braid, weave, plait.
A primary word; to twine or braid -- plait.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. verb
Definitionto plait
NASB Translationtwisted (1), twisting (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4120: πλέκωπλέκω: 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.)