Strong G1461ἐγκεντρίζω

to ingraft

Transliteration
egkentrizō
Pronunciation
eng-ken-trid'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1722 and a derivative of G2759; to prick in that is ingraft: - graff in (-to).

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G1461 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • graffed4
  • graff1
  • in1
  • shall1

First verses

  1. Romans 11:17
    And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
  2. Romans 11:19
    Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
  3. Romans 11:23
    And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
  4. Romans 11:24
    For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγκεντ-ρίζω,
goad, spur on, [LXX (LXX.Wis.16.11 (_passive_).)]
II of plants, graft, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.2.5, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Gaurum - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 10.1 (_passive_))], etc.: metaphorically, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Rom.11.17, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.7)]; of a Centaur, ὃν φύσις ἐνεκέντρισεν ἵππῳ [Refs (“APl.” 4.116 (from Euodus).)]
III (κέντρον) concentrate, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 74:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 263.)]