Lexical Definition

‎πλέκω‎ plékō (plek'-o) to weave ^G:V
a primary word

plait.

• to twine or braid

Abbott-Smith

πλέκω, [in LXX: Ex 28:14 (עֲבֹת), Is 28:5 (צְפִירָה)*;]
to plait, twist, weave: Mt 27:29, Mk 15:17, Jo 19:2.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλέκω-ω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλέξω [Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἔπλεξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πέπλοχα (Attic dialect accusative to Hdn.Gr.[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future πλέξομαι [Refs 5th c.AD+]: aorist ἐπλεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future πλεχθήσομαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πλᾰκήσομαι (ἐπι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐπλέχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also aorist 2 ἐπλάκην [ᾰ], participle πλᾰκείς (ἐμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also participle κατα-πλεκείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλεγμαι [Refs]:—plait, twine, πλοκάμους ἔπλεξε φαεινούς [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, πεῖσμα.. πλεξάμενος having twisted me a rope, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, κράνεα πεπλεγμένα of basket-work, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρέωνται σειρῇσι πεπλεγμένῃσι ἐξ ἱμάντων[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 make by art, βωμόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, devise, contrive, mostly of tortuous means, π. δόλον ἀμφί τινι [πλέκωειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι [prev. author] “fragment” 373; so π. πλοκάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 826 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τέχνης τέχνην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μηχανὴ πεπλεγμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of Poets, π. ὕμνον, ῥήματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; form the plot of a tragedy, opposed to λύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —hence in passive, μῦθοι πεπλεγμένοι complex, opposed to ἁπλοῖ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 χρόνον τοῦ ζῆν π., ={διαπλέκωω}[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.4 compound, ἐκ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, of words or syllables, to be compounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 passive, twine oneself round, περὶ βρέτει πλεχθεὶς θεᾶς [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.6 passive, to be involved, entangled, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Latin plecto, im-plico, OHG. flehtan.)