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verb

Greekπλέκω (plekō)
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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)*;]

to plait, twist, weave: Mt 27:29, Mk 15:17, Jo 19:2.†

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
πλέκ-ω,
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.

twisted together3×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
plekarantoisπλέξαντεςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculinetwisted together3×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularplekamōplekameplekamiplekamaplekamēplekamelē
you 2nd person singularplekasōplekaseplekasiplekasaplekasēplekaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularplekatōplekateplekatiplekataplekatēplekatelē
we 1st person pluralplekanōplekaneplekaniplekanaplekanēplekanelē
ye 2nd person pluralplekavōplekaveplekaviplekavaplekavēplekavelē
they 3rd person pluralplekalōplekaleplekaliplekalaplekalēplekalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularplekameiōplekameiaplekameiē
you 2nd person singularplekaseiōplekaseiaplekaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularplekateiōplekateiaplekateiē
we 1st person pluralplekaneiōplekaneiaplekaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralplekaveiōplekaveiaplekaveiē
they 3rd person pluralplekaleiōplekaleiaplekaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularplekasōrplekasarplekasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularplekatōrplekatarplekatēr
ye 2nd person pluralplekavōrplekavarplekavēr
they 3rd person pluralplekalōrplekalarplekalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularplekamoiōplekamoia
you 2nd person singularplekasoiōplekasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularplekatoiōplekatoia
we 1st person pluralplekanoiōplekanoia
ye 2nd person pluralplekavoiōplekavoia
they 3rd person pluralplekaloiōplekaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceplekarōplekariplekaraplekarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceplekarōntosplekarintosplekarantos3×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
plekstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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 …