# מַחְלָפָה (machlafah)

Israeli respelling: mach-la-fah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4253. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

King James renderings: lock.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/machlafah-h4253

## Occurrences

- [Judges 16:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/13) — And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto he…
- [Judges 16:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/19) — And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began…