Strong G1721ἔμφυτος

implanted/ingrafted

Transliteration
emphutos
Pronunciation
em'-foo-tos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1722 and a derivative of G5453; implanted (figuratively): - engrafted.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G1721 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • engrafted1

First verses

  1. James 1:21
    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔμφῠτος, ον,
inborn, natural, ἔ. μαντικὴν εἶχε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.94; πατρὸς αἶμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1671 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς πλουτοῦσι τοῦτο δ᾽ ἔ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 776.1, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 15.1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔρως ἔ. τοῖς ἀνθρώποις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 191d)]; ἡ μὲν [ἰδέα] ἔ. οὖσα, ἐπιθυμία ἡδονῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 237d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.1)]; αἰσχροκέρδεια, πονηρία, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.108; κακία LXX.Wis.12.10)]; ἔ. ἡ ἀρετή, opposed to διδακτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 398c, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.7; τὸ ἔ. θερμόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.14; ἔ. θερμότης 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 355b9)]; οὐκ ἦν ταῦτα τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις πάτρια.. οὐδ᾽ ἔ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.203; τὰν ἔ. αὐτοῖς ἀθεσίαν “IPE” 1.185 (from Chersonesus))]. adverb -τως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Fragmenta” 70H.)]
II planted, Χωρίον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 23.16 (6th c.AD))]; ἐλαῖαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 241.28 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 implanted, λόγος [NT (NT.Jam.1.21.)]