BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7070
qa.neh — branch
: branch 1) reed, stalk, bone, balances 1a) stalk 1b) water-plant, reed 1c) calamus (aromatic reed) 1d) derived meanings 1d1) measuring-rod 1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits) 1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves) 1d4) shaft (of lampstand) 1d5) branches (of lampstand) 1d6) shoulder-joint
26 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2798
klados — branch
κλάδος, -ου, ὁ (κλάω), [in LXX for דָּלִיָּה, כַּף, etc. ;] a young tender shoot broken off for grafting; then, a branch: Mat.13:32 21:8 24:32, Mrk.4:32 13:28, Luk.13:19; metaphorically, of descendants (cf. Sir.40:15), Rom.11:16-19, 21.† (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6780
tse.mach — branch
1) sprout, growth, branch 1a) sprouting, growth, sprout 1b) growth (of process) 1c) sprout, shoot (of Messiah from Davidic tree)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2814
klēma — branch
κλῆμα, -τος, τό (κλάω), [in LXX chiefly for זְמוֹרָה, דָּלִיָּה, Eze.15:2 17:6-7, al. ;] a vine-twig, vine-branch: Jhn.15:2, 4-6.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5342
ne.tser — branch
sprout, shoot, branch (always fig.)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2156
ze.mo.rah — branch
branch, twig, shoot
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3712
kip.pah — branch
branch, leaf, frond, palm frond, palm branch
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6057
a.naph — branch
bough, branch Aramaic equivalent: a.naph (עֲנַף "bough" H6056)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2415
cho.ter — branch
branch, twig, rod
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7754
s.vokh — branch
branch, brushwood, bough Also means: so.khah (שׂוֹכָה "branch" H7754B)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1808
da.liy.yah — branch
1) branch, bough 1a) of Israel (fig.) (used with olive tree, vine, cedar tree)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2159
za.mir — branch
trimming, pruning
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5552
sal.sil.lah — branch
1) basket 1a) perhaps or probably shoot, branch, tendril
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6073
o.phe — branch
branch, foliage Aramaic equivalent: o.phi (עֳפִי "foliage" H6074)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7971
sha.lach — to send: depart
: depart/send 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send
760 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4294
mat.teh — tribe: rod
: rod/staff 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)
197 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3709
kaph — palm
: palm/hand 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
170 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7626
she.vet — tribe: staff
: staff 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
162 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6509
pa.rah — be fruitful
1) to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off 1a) (Qal) to bear fruit, be fruitful 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to bear fruit 1b2) to make fruitful 1b3) to show fruitfulness, bear fruit Also means: pa.ra (פָּרָא "be fruitful" H6500)
26 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1569
gil.a.di — Gileadite
Someone from Gilead Group of gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "Gilead" H1568) § Gileadite = "rocky region" 1) an inhabitant of Gilead - 2) a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended of Gilead
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1581
ekkoptō — to prevent
ἐκ-κόπτω, [in LXX for כָּרַת, etc. ;] to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, Mat.5:30 18:8; a tree, Mat.3:10 7:19 Luk.3:9 13:7, 9; figuratively, of a branch, Rom.11:22; before ἐκ, Rom.11:24; metaphorically, τ. ἀφορμήν (cf. Job.19:10 ἐλπίδα), 2Co.11:12.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5585
sa.iph — cleft
1) cleft, branch 1a) cleft (of a crag) 1b) branches, boughs
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6814
tso.an — Zoan
§ Zoan = "place of departure" an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus modern 'San'
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1586
go.mer — Gomer
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Ashkenaz (H0813), Riphath (H7384A) and Togarmah (H8425) § Gomer = "complete" 1) the eldest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians and other branches of the Celtic family 2) the unfaithful wife of the prophet Hosea; Hosea's relationship with her was symbolic of God's relationship with wayward Israel
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the “beautiful branch” (4:2), a “righteous branch” (Jer. 23:5), “the Branch” (Zech. 3:8; 6:12). Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). “The branch of the terrible ones” (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version “the song of the terrible ones,” i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity. The “abominable branch” is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The “highest branch” in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
