1707. emplekó
Strong's Lexicon
emplekó: To entangle, to involve

Original Word: ἐμπλέκω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: emplekó
Pronunciation: em-plek'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (em-plek'-o)
Definition: To entangle, to involve
Meaning: I enfold, entangle; pass: I am involved in.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "ἐν" (en, meaning "in") and the verb "πλέκω" (plekó, meaning "to weave" or "to braid").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "emplekó," the concept of being ensnared or entangled can be related to Hebrew words like "יָקַשׁ" (yaqash, Strong's H3369), meaning "to ensnare" or "to trap."

Usage: The verb "emplekó" is used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe becoming entangled or involved in something, often with a negative connotation. It suggests being caught up or ensnared in affairs that distract or hinder one's primary focus or mission.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being entangled was often associated with being caught in a net or snare, a common metaphor for being trapped or hindered. This imagery would have been familiar to early Christians, who lived in a society where military service and civic duties could easily distract from spiritual commitments.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from en and plekó
Definition
to weave in, to entwine, i.e. to involve with
NASB Translation
entangled (1), entangles (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1707: ἐμπλέκω

ἐμπλέκω (see ἐν, III. 3): passive (present ἐμπλέκομαι); 2 aorist participle ἐμπλακεις; to inweave; tropically, in passive, with the dative of thing, to entangle, involve in: 2 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 2:20. (From Aeschylus down.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
entangle.

From en and pleko; to entwine, i.e. (figuratively) involve with -- entangle (in, self with).

see GREEK en

see GREEK pleko

Forms and Transliterations
εμπλακεντες εμπλακέντες ἐμπλακέντες εμπλακήσεται εμπλεκεται εμπλέκεται ἐμπλέκεται emplakentes emplakéntes empleketai empléketai
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2 Timothy 2:4 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: οὐδεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ
NAS: soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs
KJV: that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs
INT: No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the of this

2 Peter 2:20 V-APP-NMP
GRK: δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἡττῶνται γέγονεν
NAS: they are again entangled in them and are overcome,
KJV: they are again entangled therein, and
INT: moreover again having been entangled they are subdued has become

Strong's Greek 1707
2 Occurrences


ἐμπλακέντες — 1 Occ.
ἐμπλέκεται — 1 Occ.

















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