Strong’s H4253 · Hebrew

מַחְלָפָה
machlâphâh
makh-law-faw'

Definition

a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

Etymology

from H2498 (חָלַף);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • lock

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.