Strong G2814κλῆμα
branch
- Transliteration
- klēma
- Pronunciation
- klay'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G2806; a limb or shoot (as if broken off): - branch.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G2814 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- branch4
First verses
- John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
- John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
- John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κλῆμα, ατος, τό,
Aeolic dialect κλᾶμμα (which see), twig or branch, especially vinetwig, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1031, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.50, 6.3.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.5.5, “CP” 3.14.6, +others; ἀμπέλου κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353a)]: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b8: _metaphorically_, ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κ. τὰ τοῦ δήμου D.cited in Aeschin. 3.166)]; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 148.)]
2 vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Latin vitis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26, etc.)]
II ={πιτυοῦσσα}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.165)]; ={πολύγονον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 27.113.)]
III ={ὑπόδημα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare κλείματα.
Aeolic dialect κλᾶμμα (which see), twig or branch, especially vinetwig, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1031, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.50, 6.3.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.5.5, “CP” 3.14.6, +others; ἀμπέλου κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353a)]: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b8: _metaphorically_, ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κ. τὰ τοῦ δήμου D.cited in Aeschin. 3.166)]; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 148.)]
2 vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Latin vitis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26, etc.)]
II ={πιτυοῦσσα}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.165)]; ={πολύγονον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 27.113.)]
III ={ὑπόδημα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare κλείματα.