STRONGS NUMBER H4253


Word Summary
machalaphah: a plait (of hair)
Original Word: מַחְלָפָה
Transliteration: machalaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-law-faw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a plait (of hair)
Meaning: a ringlet of hair
Strong's Concordance
lock

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

see HEBREW chalaph

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4253. machalaphah

[מַחֲלָפָה‎] noun feminine plait (of hair; so called from intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands) — Plural construct ראֹשִׁי מַחְלְפוֺתJudges 16:13, compare 16:19.