tablet

Greek Noun Female

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)

tablet

Greek Noun Female

πλάξ, πλᾰκός, ἡ, anything flat and broad, especially flat land, plain, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Φλεγραίαν π. [Refs]; νυχίαν π, of Psyttaleia (perhaps μυχίαν), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεκύων πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of sea and sky, πόντου πλάξ the ocean-plain, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ποντία, πελαγία π, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰθερία πλάξ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; flat top of a hill, table-land, Σουνίου, Οἴτης π, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας πυργώδους πλακός from the flat top of the towering hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) flat stone, tablet, ἐργώνας τᾶν πλακῶν τᾶς τομᾶς εἰς τὸν ὀχετόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐπιγεγραμμέναι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]; tombstone, [Refs]: plural, slabs of marble, Chor.p.89 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ μαρμάρου π, of ice, [Refs 4th c.AD+] 2.b) πλάκες χρυσίου gold plates, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ ἐντὸς π. τῶν κογχυλίων the inner surface, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2.c) ἡ π. τοῦ βαλανίου τούτου probably part of the furnace, [Refs]. d. plural, flakes of ἀρσενικὸν τὸ πλακῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 3) in plural, flaps, tail-fins of crustacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3.b) folds within certain parts of the ruminant stomach, [Refs] 4) κοπτῆς πλάκες,πλακοῦντες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Lett.plakt 'become flat'.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

a moulding-board, i.e. flat surface ("plate", or tablet, literally or figuratively); table; from g4111 (πλάσσω)