Word Summary
emplekō: to weave in, to entwine, to involve with
Original Word: ἐμπλέκωTransliteration: emplekō
Phonetic Spelling: (em-plek'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to weave in, to entwine, to involve with
Meaning: to weave in, to entwine, to involve with
Strong's Concordance
entangle.
From en and pleko; to entwine, i.e. (figuratively) involve with -- entangle (in, self with).
see GREEK en
see GREEK pleko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1707: ἐμπλέκωἐμπλέκω (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.)