H4253 - מַחְלָפָה (machlâphâh)

H4253 מַחְלָפָה (machlâphâh) makh-law-faw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lock

Strong's Definition

a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

Derivation: from H2498 (חָלַף);

KJV Usage: lock.

TWOT Reference: 666e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) braid, lock, plait

1a) of hair

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4577

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) braid, lock, plait 1a) of hair

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַחְלָפָה machlâphâh BDB Definition: 1) braid, lock, plait 1a) of hair Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2498 Same Word by TWOT Number: 666e Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (2)

16:13 16:19

Judges 16:13

Then Delilah said to Samson, You have mocked me and lied to me...... all along! Tell me how you can be tied up. He told her,... If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom [and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.]

Judges 16:19

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength... left him.