ἐμπλέκωemplékō
to weave in, entwine; passive, metaphorically, to be involved, entangled in: 2 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 2:20.
Greek (New Testament) · G1707
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Timothy 2:4 Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
- 2 Peter 2:20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.