# H4253 מַחְלָפָה

מַחְלָפָה (machlâphâh), Strong’s H4253: a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other) KJV: lock.. Occurs 2 times.

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*machlâphâh* — a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

KJV: lock.

Derived from [חָלַף châlaph](https://besorah.bible/word/H2498) (to slide by)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מַחֲלָפָה] n.f. plait (of hair; so called fr. intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands)

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 16:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=13) — Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said…
- [Judges 16:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=19) — She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to…