BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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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 →GREEK · G1461
egkentrizō — to ingraft
ἐγκεντρίζω, see: ἐνκ-. ἐν-κεντρίζω (Rec. ἐγρ-, see: ἐν; κεντρίζω, to graft), [in LXX: Wis.16:11 *;] to ingraft, graft in. figuratively, with accusative of person(s), Rom.11:17,19,23,24.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1721
emphutos — implanted/ingrafted
ἔμ-φυτος, -ον (ἐμφύω, to implant), [in LXX: ἔ. ἡ κακία αὐτῶν, Wis.12:10 * ;] 1. innate (Wis.12:10). 2. rooted, implanted: Jas.1:21 (see Mayor, in l).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is peculiarly appropriate to olive-trees. The union thus of branches to a stem is used to illustrate the union of true believers to the true Church.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
