ἐμπλοκή (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπλοκῆς, ἡ, (ἐμπλέκω), an interweaving, braiding, a knot: τριχῶν (Lachmann omits), an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots, Vulg.capillatura, (A. V. plaiting), 1Pe_3:3 (κόμης, Strabo 17, p. 828).

ἐμπλοκή emplokē 1x braiding or plaiting of hair, 1Pe_3:3

*† ἐμ -πλοκή , ῆς , ἡ ( < ἐμπλίκω ), a braiding: τριχῶν , 1Pe_3:3 .†

ἐμπλοκή [page 207] ἐμπλοκή in the sense of struggle, scuffle, occurs P Ryl II. 124 .28 (i/A.D.) καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐνπλοκῇ ἀπολέσσθαι ( l. -έσθαι ) αὐτῆς̣ ἐν̣ω̣διον χρυσοῦν , in the struggle she lost a golden ear-ring (Edd.) : cf. ib. 150 .12 (A.D. 40) καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐμπλοκῇ ἀπώλοντό μο (υ ) ἀργ (υρίου ) μ̄ . With the use in 1Pe_3:3 cf. Syll 653 .22 (B.C. 91) μὴ ἐχέτω δὲ μηδεμία χρυσία . . . μηδὲ τὰς τρίχας ἀνπεπλεγμένας , regulations regarding the ἱεραί in the celebration of the mysteries of Demeter and Kore : cf. ib. 939 .10 . For the simplex πλοκή cf. P Giss I. 47 .7 (time of Hadrian) where a θῶραξ is described as τ ]ὴν πλοκὴν λεπτότατος . In P Ryl II. 154 .31 (A.D. 66) ἀποπλοκή is used of the separation of divorce, as the verb occurs elsewhere, and the editors note γενόμενος καὶ ἀποπεπλεγμένος as a euphemism for death in BGU I. 118 ii. 11 (ii/A.D.).

ἐμ-πλοκή, ῆς, ἡ (ἐμπλίκω), a braiding: τριχῶν, 1Pe.3:3.† (AS)