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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1708. ἐμπλοκή (emploké) -- Braiding, plaiting</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1708.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/10-21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1708.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1708</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1707.htm" title="1707">◄</a> 1708. emploké <a href="../greek/1709.htm" title="1709">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">emploké: Braiding, plaiting</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐμπλοκή</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>emploké<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>em-plo-KAY<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(em-plok-ay')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Braiding, plaiting<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a plaiting, braiding.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek verb ἐμπλέκω (empléko), meaning "to entwine" or "to braid."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "emploké," the concept of modesty and inner beauty can be related to Hebrew words like חֵן (chen, Strong's H2580), meaning "grace" or "favor," which often denotes inner beauty and character.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "emploké" refers to the act of braiding or plaiting, particularly in the context of hair. It is used metaphorically in the New Testament to discuss outward adornment and the emphasis on inner beauty over external appearances.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, elaborate hairstyles and braiding were common among women, often signifying wealth, status, or beauty. Such practices were sometimes criticized by early Christian writers who emphasized modesty and the inner virtues of a person over external adornment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1707.htm">emplekó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>(elaborate) braiding (of the hair)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>braiding (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1708: ἐμπλοκή</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐμπλοκή</span></span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐν</span></span>, III. 3), <span class="greek2">ἐμπλοκῆς</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, (<span class="greek2">ἐμπλέκω</span>), <span class="accented">an interweaving, braiding, a knot</span>: <span class="greek2">τριχῶν</span> (Lachmann omits), an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots, <span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">capillatura</span>, (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">plaiting</span>), <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3</a> (<span class="greek2">κόμης</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span> 17, p. 828).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>elaborate braiding of the hair<p>From <a href="/greek/1707.htm">empleko</a>; elaborate braiding of the hair -- plaiting. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1707.htm">empleko</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εμπλοκης εμπλοκής ἐμπλοκῆς εμπλόκια εμπλόκιον εμπλοκίου εμπνεύσεως emplokes emplokês emplokēs emplokē̂s<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_peter/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 3:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ ἔξωθεν <b>ἐμπλοκῆς</b> τριχῶν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> must not be [merely] external-- <span class="itali">braiding</span> the hair,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that outward <span class="itali">[adorning] of plaiting</span> the hair,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the external <span class="itali">of braiding</span> of hair and<p><b><a href="/greek/1708.htm">Strong's Greek 1708</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1708.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/emploke_s_1708.htm">ἐμπλοκῆς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1707.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1707"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1707" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1709.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1709"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1709" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>