Plegma refers to hair arranged in braids within a contrast about modest adornment.

The attested use denotes braided hair as an item of personal adornment set alongside gold, pearls, and costly clothing in a call for respectable attire.

1. braided hair as adornment · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 2:9, the dative plural neuter form occurs in the phrase excluding this kind of hair arrangement alongside gold, pearls, and costly clothing; the APB renders the clause “not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing.”

   1 Timothy 2:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 2:9, the APB presents the item as “braided hair” within a list of adornments.