Strong's Lexicon
G4109
G4109 — πλάξ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4109 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλάξ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4111 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | plax |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | plax' |
| Meaning: | 1. a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | table |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλάξ, πλακος, ἡ ((akin to πλάτος, etc.; Fick 4:161)), a flat thing, broad tablet, plane, level surface (as of the sea) (cf. our plate) (Pindar, Tragg., others; the Sept. for ìåÌçÇ): αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης (see διαθήκη, 2, p. 136b), Heb 9:4; οὐκ ἐν πλαξί λιθίναις (tables of stone, such as those on which the law of Moses was written), ἀλλ’ ἐν πλαξί καρδίας σαρκίναις, 2Co 3:3.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλάξ (table)
2 Corinthians 3:3
- KJV: manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart
- GK: φανερούμενοι ότι εστέ επιστολή χριστού διακονηθείσα υφ΄ ημών εγγεγραμμένη ου μέλανι αλλά πνεύματι θεού ζώντος ουκ εν πλαξί λιθίναις αλλ΄ εν πλαξί καρδίας σαρκιναίς
Hebrews 9:4
- KJV: Which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold where in the golden pot that had manna and Aaron’s rod that budded and the tables of the covenant
- GK: χρυσούν έχουσα θυμιατήριον και την κιβωτόν της διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίω εν η στάμνος χρυσή έχουσα το μάννα και η ράβδος Ααρών η βλαστήσασα και αι πλάκες της διαθήκης