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ἐμπλέκω

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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)
Gloss: 
(mid./pass.) to be involved in, become entangled
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.