4253. machalaphah
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machalaphah: Change, Exchange, Replacement

Original Word: מַחְלָפָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: machlaphah
Pronunciation: mah-khah-lah-fah'
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-law-faw')
KJV: lock
NASB: locks
Word Origin: [from H2498 (חָלַף - changed)]

1. a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
lock

From chalaph; a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other) -- lock.

see HEBREW chalaph

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chalaph
Definition
a plait (of hair)
NASB Translation
locks (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[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.

Forms and Transliterations
מַחְלְפ֣וֹת מַחְלְפ֥וֹת מחלפות machleFot maḥ·lə·p̄ō·wṯ maḥləp̄ōwṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Judges 16:13
HEB: אֶת־ שֶׁ֛בַע מַחְלְפ֥וֹת רֹאשִׁ֖י עִם־
NAS: the seven locks of my hair
KJV: the seven locks of my head
INT: weave the seven locks of my hair with

Judges 16:19
HEB: אֶת־ שֶׁ֖בַע מַחְלְפ֣וֹת רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַתָּ֙חֶל֙
NAS: the seven locks of his hair.
KJV: the seven locks of his head;
INT: shave the seven locks of his hair began

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4253
2 Occurrences


maḥ·lə·p̄ō·wṯ — 2 Occ.

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