Gloss
(mid./pass.) to be involved in, become entangled
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐμπλέκω
Greek transliteration
emplekō
Simplified transliteration
empleko
Principal Parts
-, -, -, ἐμπέπλεγμαι, ἐνεπλάκην
Numbers
Strong's number
1707
GK Number
1861
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1b(2)
Definition
pr. to intertwine; met. to implicate, entangle, involve; pass. to be implicated, involved, or to entangle one's self in, 2 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 2:20*
Greek-English Concordance for ἐμπλέκω
| 2 Timothy 2:4 | No one serving in the military gets entangled (empleketai | ἐμπλέκεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) in the affairs of daily life so that he pleases the one who enlisted him. |
| 2 Peter 2:20 | For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled (emplakentes | ἐμπλακέντες | aor pass ptcp nom pl masc) in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first. |
