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Strong's G4109 πλάξ (plax)

Plax means “table” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4109 — mahalak (“walk”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4109
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 7

Strong's G4109 Quick Answer

Strong's G4109 πλάξ (plax) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. plax (plax') n. 1. a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet) {literally or figuratively} It has 25 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include tables, two, mountain, stone, and moses. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
plax (plax') n. 1. a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet) {literally or figuratively}
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
tables, two, mountain, stone, and moses

Meaning and Definition

plax (plax') n. 1. a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet) {literally or figuratively} [from G4111] KJV: table Root(s): G4111

Original Word
πλάξ
Transliteration
plax
Derivation
Root: πλάσσω R1: 4111
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4109. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

tablet

Usage: πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ [in LXX for לוּחַ ;] anything flat and broad. __1. a plain (poët.). __2. In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: 2Co.3:3, Heb.9:4.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

tables two mountain stone moses lord covenant written went god first ark

How Strong's G4109 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4109 (πλάξ) appears 34 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4109 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4109 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

2 Corinthians 3:3 KJV

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Hebrews 9:4 KJV

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Strong's G4109 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 31:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.

Exodus 32:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.

Exodus 32:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing the writing of God written on the tables.

Strong's G4109 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 103:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them:

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4109.

Exodus 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.
Exodus 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.
Exodus 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing the writing of God written on the tables.
Exodus 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he drew nigh to the camp, he sees the calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain.
Exodus 34:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone, as also the first were, and come up to me to the mountain; and I will write upon the tables the words, which were on the first tables, which thou brokest.
Exodus 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses hewed two tables of stone, as also the first were; and Moses having arisen early, went up to the Mount Sinai, as the Lord appointed him; and Moses took the two tables of stone.
Exodus 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was there before the Lord forty days, and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and he wrote upon the tables these words of the covenant, the ten sayings.
Exodus 34:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Moses went down from the mountain, there were the two tables in the hands of Moses—as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him.
Deuteronomy 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he announced to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
Deuteronomy 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant, which the Lord made with you, and I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water.
Deuteronomy 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them there had been written all the words which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain in the day of the assembly.
Deuteronomy 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
Deuteronomy 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were in my two hands.
Deuteronomy 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you.
Deuteronomy 10:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time the Lord said to me, Hew for thyself two stone tables as the first, and come up to me into the mountain, and thou shalt make for thyself an ark of wood.
Deuteronomy 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them into the ark.
Deuteronomy 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I made an ark of boards of incorruptible wood, and I hewed tables of stone like the first, and I went up to the mountain, and the two tables were in my hand.
Deuteronomy 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he wrote upon the tables according to the first writing the ten commandments, which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire, and the Lord gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me.
3 Kingdoms 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put there in Horeb, which tables the Lord made as a covenant with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses placed there in Horeb, which God gave in covenant with the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt.
2 Corinthians 3:3 New Testament, KJV
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Hebrews 9:4 New Testament, KJV
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
1 Enoch 103:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4109, grouped by book.

Exodus 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4109 FAQ

What does plax (πλάξ) mean?

Plax (Strong's G4109) is a Greek word most simply glossed "table". plax (plax') n. 1. a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet) {literally or figuratively}

How many times is plax (πλάξ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G4109 across 7 books.

Where can I study plax (πλάξ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4109 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate plax (πλάξ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tables, two, mountain, stone, moses, and lord. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4109 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4109, with linked reader references where each row is available.