Definition
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: 2 Corinthians 3:3, Hebrews 9:4.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πλάξ:
- לוּחַlu.ach“tablet”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- 2 Corinthians 3:3πλαξὶν · tablets; πλαξὶν · tabletsIt is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- Hebrews 9:4πλάκες · stone tablets…containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.