noun · neuter

plegmem

Greekπλέγμα (plegma)

Strong’sG4117

braided hair, anything interwoven

stem plegm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

braided hair1×

What it means

** πλέγμα, -τος, τό

(< πλέκω), [in Aq., Th.: Is 28:5*;]

what is woven or twisted (as basket-work, nets, etc.); a braiding (sc. τριχῶν, cf. I Pe 3:3): pl., I Ti 2:9.†

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

Strong’s G4117 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpleg'-mah

a plait (of hair)

Fromfrom G4120;

King Jamesbroidered hair.

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 or object direct	plegmem	plegmeim
of, belonging to genitive	plegmeu	plegmeiu
to, for dative	plegme	plegmei1×πλέγμασιν

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

plegmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

plegme 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

plegmei“braided hair”to, fordative plural1×

1 Timothy 2:9“braided hair”hōsautōs kai gunaikain en katastola kosmia meta aidōau kai sōfrosunau kosmarō heautain, mē en plegmei kai chrusie ē margaritoi ē himatismo polutelo,Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,