International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Plaiting

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Plaiting


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plāt´ing, plat´ing (from the Old French, pleit, which is from the Latin plicatum, “fold”): An interweaving, a braiding, a knot; an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots; ἐμπλοκή, emplokḗ, “outward adorning of plaiting the hair” (). Compare “platted” (crown of thorns) ( parallel ; ). See BRAIDED, BRAIDING.