verb
plekamō
Strong’sG4120
I weave together, plait
stem plek-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
πλέκω,
[in LXX: Ex 28:14 (עֲבֹת), Is 28:5 (צְפִירָה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4120 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplek'-o
to twine or braid
Froma primary word;
King Jamesplait.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 5th c.BC+: future πλέξω Refs 1st c.BC+: aorist ἔπλεξα Refs 8th c.BC+perfect πέπλοχα (Attic dialect accusative to Hdn.Gr.Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, future πλέξομαι Refs 5th c.AD+: aorist ἐπλεξάμην Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, future πλεχθήσομαι (ἐμ-) Refs 4th c.BC+; πλᾰκήσομαι (ἐπι-) Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist ἐπλέχθην Refs 8th c.BC+; but also aorist 2 ἐπλάκην [ᾰ], participle πλᾰκείς (ἐμ-) Refs 5th c.BC+; also participle κατα-πλεκείς Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πέπλεγμαι Refs:—plait, twine, πλοκάμους ἔπλεξε φαεινούς Refs 8th c.BC+ —middle, πεῖσμα.. πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, Refs 5th c.BC+; χρέωνται σειρῇσι πεπλεγμένῃσι ἐξ ἱμάντωνRefs 5th c.BC+
2 make by art, βωμόν Refs 3rd c.BC+
II metaphorically, devise, contrive, mostly of tortuous means, π. δόλον ἀμφί τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τέχνης τέχνηνRefs 5th c.BC+:—passive, μηχανὴ πεπλεγμένη Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of Poets, π. ὕμνον, ῥήματα, Refs 5th c.BC+; form the plot of a tragedy, opposed to λύειν, Refs 4th c.BC+ —hence in passive, μῦθοι πεπλεγμένοι complex, opposed to ἁπλοῖ, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 χρόνον τοῦ ζῆν π., ={διαπλέκω}Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.4 compound, ἐκ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, of words or syllables, to be compounded, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 passive, twine oneself round, περὶ βρέτει πλεχθεὶς θεᾶς Refs 4th c.BC+
II.6 passive, to be involved, entangled, Refs 2nd c.AD+. (Cf. Latin plecto, im-plico, OHG. flehtan.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| plekarantoisπλέξαντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | twisted together | 3× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plekamō | plekame | plekami | plekama | plekamē | plekamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | plekasō | plekase | plekasi | plekasa | plekasē | plekaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plekatō | plekate | plekati | plekata | plekatē | plekatelē |
| we 1st person plural | plekanō | plekane | plekani | plekana | plekanē | plekanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | plekavō | plekave | plekavi | plekava | plekavē | plekavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | plekalō | plekale | plekali | plekala | plekalē | plekalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plekameiō | plekameia | plekameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | plekaseiō | plekaseia | plekaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plekateiō | plekateia | plekateiē |
| we 1st person plural | plekaneiō | plekaneia | plekaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | plekaveiō | plekaveia | plekaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | plekaleiō | plekaleia | plekaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | plekasōr | plekasar | plekasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plekatōr | plekatar | plekatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | plekavōr | plekavar | plekavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | plekalōr | plekalar | plekalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plekamoiō | plekamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | plekasoiō | plekasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plekatoiō | plekatoia |
| we 1st person plural | plekanoiō | plekanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | plekavoiō | plekavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | plekaloiō | plekaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | plekarō | plekari | plekara | plekarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | plekarōntos | plekarintos | plekarantos3× | plekarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
plek 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
plekarantois“twisted together”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine3×
Matthew 27:29kai plekarantois stefanon ek akanthaiu epitithala epi tau …And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set …
Mark 15:17… endiduskalō auton porfuran kai peritithalō auto plekarantois akanthinon stefanon;… dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set …
John 19:2kai tois stratiōtois plekarantois stefanon ek akanthaiu epitithala autou ta …The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it …