Strong's Lexicon egkentrizo: To graft in Original Word: ἐγκεντρίζω Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "ἐν" (en, meaning "in") and "κεντρίζω" (kentrízō, meaning "to prick" or "to graft") Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "egkentrízō," the concept of grafting can be related to the Hebrew agricultural practices and metaphors found in passages like Isaiah 5:1-7, which speaks of the vineyard of the Lord. Usage: The verb "egkentrízō" is used in the context of horticulture, specifically referring to the process of grafting, where a branch is inserted into another plant so that they grow together as one. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the inclusion of Gentiles into the spiritual blessings and promises originally given to Israel. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient agricultural practices, grafting was a common technique used to cultivate plants, especially in vineyards and olive groves. This process allowed for the propagation of desirable traits from one plant to another. The metaphor of grafting would have been well understood by the original audience of the New Testament, as it was a familiar agricultural practice in the Greco-Roman world. HELPS Word-studies 1461 egkentrízō (from 1722 /en, "in" and kentrizō, "to prick, puncture") – properly, to engraft (insert) by making a puncture to graft a living shoot into another living plant (tree). In the NT, 1461 (egkentrízō) always refers to God combining His two redeemed ethnic groups (OT, NT believers) into one people (Heb ʽam, Gk laos). 1461 (egkentrízō) occurs six times, all in Ro 11:17-24. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1461: ἐγκεντρίζωἐγκεντρίζω (T WH ἐνκεντρίζω, see ἐν, III. 3): 1 aorist ἐνεκεντρισα; passive, 1 aorist ἐνεκεντρίσθην; 1 future ἐγκεντρισθήσομαι; to cut into for the sake of inserting a scion; to inoculate, ingraft, graft in, (Aristotle quoted in Athen. 14, 68 (p. 653 d.); Theophrastus, h., p. 2, 2, 5; Antoninus 11, 8): τινα, Romans 11:17, 19, 23, 24 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 5); in these passages Paul likens the heathen who by becoming Christians have been admitted into fellowship with the people for whom the Messianic salvation is destined, to scions from wild trees inserted into a cultivated stock; (cf. Beet on verse 24; B. D. under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance graft into. From en and a derivative of kentron; to prick in, i.e. Ingraft -- graff in(-to). see GREEK en see GREEK kentron Forms and Transliterations εγκείσθητι εγκεντρίσαι ἐγκεντρίσαι εγκεντρισθήσονται ἐγκεντρισθήσονται εγκεντρισθώ ἐγκεντρισθῶ εγκισσήσαι εγκισσήσωσι εγκλείσαι εγκλεισθήναι ενεκεντρισθης ενεκεντρίσθης ἐνεκεντρίσθης ενεκίσσων ενκεντρισαι ἐνκεντρίσαι ενκεντρισθησονται ἐνκεντρισθήσονται ενκεντρισθω ἐνκεντρισθῶ enekentristhes enekentristhēs enekentrísthes enekentrísthēs enkentrisai en'kentrísai enkentristhesontai enkentristhēsontai en'kentristhḗsontai enkentristho en'kentristhô enkentristhō en'kentristhō̂Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Romans 11:17 V-AIP-2SGRK: ἀγριέλαιος ὢν ἐνεκεντρίσθης ἐν αὐτοῖς NAS: a wild olive, were grafted in among KJV: a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among INT: a wild olive tree being were grafted in among them Romans 11:19 V-ASP-1S Romans 11:23 V-FIP-3P Romans 11:23 V-ANA Romans 11:24 V-AIP-2S Romans 11:24 V-FIP-3P Strong's Greek 1461 |
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