Strong's Lexicon
G1707
G1707 — ἐμπλέκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1707 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐμπλέκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1722 and G4120 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | empleko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | em-plek'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to entwine 2. (figuratively) involve with |
| KJV Renderings: | entangle (in, self with) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: 2Ti 2:4; 2Pe 2:20. (From Aeschylus down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐμπλέκω (entangle (in)
2 Timothy 2:4
- KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
- GK: ουδείς στρατευόμενος εμπλέκεται ταις του βίου πραγματείαις ίνα τω στρατολογήσαντι αρέση
2 Peter 2:20
- KJV: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning
- GK: ει γαρ αποφυγόντες τα μιάσματα του κόσμου εν επιγνώσει του κυρίου και σωτήρος Ιησού χριστού τούτοις δε πάλιν εμπλακέντες ηττώνται γέγονεν αυτοίς τα έσχατα χείρονα των πρώτων