Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4253: מַחְלָפָה

machlâphâh · pronounced makh-law-faw' · “lock”

Definition

a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

KJV translates it as: lock.

Word origin: from H2498 (חָלַף);

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4253 is translated

  • the plaits of ×2
  • the plaits ×1

Bible verses with H4253 (machlâphâh)

Machlâphâh appears in 3 verses.

  • Judges 16:13

    And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

  • Judges 16:14

    And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

  • Judges 16:19

    And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.