Locks
Locks
loks ((1) , ccth, (2) , pera; (3) , mahlaphah, (4) , kewuccah): See in general the article on HAIR. (1) The first word, ccth, means really a tassel, such as is worn by the Jews on the four corners of the prayer-shawl or tallith and on the ‘arba kanephoth (Deu 22:12), translated in the New Testament by , kraspedon (Mat 9:20; Mat 14:36; Mat 23:5; Mar 6:56; Luk 8:44). Once it is applied to a forelock of hair. The prophet Ezekiel, describing his sensations which accompanied his vision of Jerusalem, says: He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerus (Eze 8:3). (2) The word pera signifies the uncut and disheveled locks of the Nazirite (Num 6:5) or of the priests, the sons of Zadok (Eze 44:20). (3) The Book of Judges employs the word mahlaphah when speaking of the seven locks of Samson (Jdg 16:13, Jdg 16:19), which really represent the plaited (etymologically, interwoven) strands of hair still worn in our days by youthful Bedouin warriors. (4) Kewuccah (Son 5:2, Son 5:11) means the luxuriant hair of the Hebrew youth, who was careful of his exterior. It is called bushy (the Revised Version margin curling) and black as a raven. the King James Version translations also the word cammah with locks (Son 4:1; Son 6:7; Isa 47:2), but the Revised Version (British and American) has corrected this into veil, leaving the word locks in Son 4:1 margin.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Locks
These in the East were anciently very rude contrivances. They were made of wood with long wooden bolts into which were driven a few pins which dropped into holes and held the bolt secure. The key, also of wood with corresponding pins, would raise the pins of the bolt, and allow it to be shot back. Jdg 3:23-24; Neh 3:3-15; Son 5:5.