noun · feminine

plaxas

Greekπλάξ (plax)

Strong’sG4109

a tablet, flat surface

stem plax-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

tablets3×

What it means

πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ,

[in LXX for לוּחַ;]

anything flat and broad.

1. a plain (poët.).

2. In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: II Co 3:3, He 9:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4109 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidplax

a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet, literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G4111;

King Jamestable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	plaxas	plaxais1×πλάκες
object accusative	plaxan	plaxain
direct address vocative	plaxar	plaxair
of, belonging to genitive	plaxau	plaxaiu
to, for dative	plaxa	plaxai2×πλαξὶν

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

plaxstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

plaxa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

plaxais“tablets”subjectnominative plural1×

Hebrews 9:4“tablets”chrusouem echarōtas thumiatēriem kai tan kibōtan tau diathēkau perikaluptirētan pantothen chrusie, en ha stamnas chrusouas echarōtas tem manna kai tas rabdas Aarōn tas blastanaratas kai tais plaxais tau diathēkau,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.

plaxai“tablets”to, fordative plural2×

2 Corinthians 3:3“tablets”fanerirōtois hoti avō epistolas Christou diakoniratas hupo nu, engrafirētas ouk melane alla pneume theou zōarōtou, ouk en plaxai lithinai alla en plaxai kardiai sarkinai.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 3:3“tablets”fanerirōtois hoti avō epistolas Christou diakoniratas hupo nu, engrafirētas ouk melane alla pneume theou zōarōtou, ouk en plaxai lithinai alla en plaxai kardiai sarkinai.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.