Strong G1575ἐκκλάω

to break off

Transliteration
ekklaō
Pronunciation
ek-klah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G2806; to exscind: - break off.

Detailed definition

ἐκ-κλάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Lev.1:17 (שָׁסַע pi.)*;]
to break off: pass., Rom.11:17-20.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1575 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • break3

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 11:20
    Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκκλάω,
break off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 611d (_passive_), 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4 (_passive_))]; δάκτυλον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.40.2.)]
II passive, grow weak, to be enfeebled, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.671a (assuming variant))]; τὸ θράσος ἐκκέκλασται [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work]762f,compare 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus Tyr. 35.3.)]