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Lexicon :: Strong's H4253 - maḥlāp̄â

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מַחְלָפָה
Transliteration
maḥlāp̄â
Pronunciation
makh-law-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 666e

Strong’s Definitions

מַחְלָפָה machlâphâh, makh-law-faw'; from H2498; a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other):—lock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H4253 in the following manner: lock (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H4253 in the following manner: lock (2x).

  1. braid, lock, plait

    1. of hair

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחְלָפָה machlâphâh, makh-law-faw'; from H2498; a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other):—lock.
STRONGS H4253: Abbreviations
† [מַחֲלָפָה] noun feminine plait (of hair; so called from intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands) — Plural construct מַחְלְפוֺת ראֹשִׁי Judges 16:13, compare Judges 16:19.
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Judges

16:13; 16:19

H4253

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4253 matches the Hebrew מַחְלָפָה (maḥlāp̄â),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 -

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have toyed with me and told me lies; tell me [fn]how you may be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks H4253 of my [fn]hair with the [fn]web [fn][and fasten it with the pin, then I will be weak like any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks H4253 of his head. Then she began to humble him, and his strength left him.
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