2798. klados
Berean Strong's Lexicon
klados: Branch, bough

Original Word: κλάδος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: klados
Pronunciation: KLAH-dos
Phonetic Spelling: (klad'-os)
Definition: Branch, bough
Meaning: a young tender shoot, then: a branch; met: of descendants.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb κλάω (klao), meaning "to break" or "to break off."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H6057 (anaf): A branch or bough, often used in the context of trees.

- H2156 (zemorah): A branch or twig, particularly of a vine.

Usage: In the New Testament, "klados" refers to a branch or a shoot of a tree or plant. It is often used metaphorically to describe relationships, growth, and spiritual truths, particularly in the context of Jesus' teachings.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient agrarian societies, branches were a common symbol of life, growth, and fruitfulness. The imagery of a branch was familiar to Jesus' audience, who understood the importance of a branch's connection to the vine or tree for sustenance and fruit-bearing. This metaphor was deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, where Israel was often depicted as a vine or tree in the Hebrew Scriptures.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from klaó
Definition
a branch
NASB Translation
branch (2), branches (9).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2798: κλάδος

κλάδος, κλαδου, (κλάω);

a. properly, a young, tender shoot, broken off for grafting.

b. universally, a branch: Matthew 13:32; Matthew 21:8; Matthew 24:32; Mark 4:32; Mark 13:28; Luke 13:19; as the Jewish patriarchs are likened to a root., so their posterity are likened to branches, Romans 11:16-19, 21; cf. Sir. 23:25 Sir. 40:15; Menander fragment, Meineke edition, p. 247 (fragment 182, vol. iv. 274 (Ber. 1841)). (Tragg., Aristophanes, Theophrastus, Geoponica, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
branch.

From klao; a twig or bough (as if broken off) -- branch.

see GREEK klao

Forms and Transliterations
κλαδοι κλάδοι κλαδοις κλάδοις κλαδος κλάδος κλαδους κλάδους κλαδων κλάδων kladoi kládoi kladois kládois kladon kladōn kládon kládōn klados kládos kladous kládous
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 13:32 N-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ
NAS: come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES.
KJV: lodge in the branches thereof.
INT: in the branches of it

Matthew 21:8 N-AMP
GRK: δὲ ἔκοπτον κλάδους ἀπὸ τῶν
NAS: were cutting branches from the trees
KJV: cut down branches from
INT: moreover were cutting down branches from the

Matthew 24:32 N-NMS
GRK: ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται
NAS: when its branch has already
KJV: When his branch is yet
INT: already the branch of it is become

Mark 4:32 N-AMP
GRK: καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους ὥστε
NAS: large branches; so
KJV: great branches; so that
INT: and produces branches great so that

Mark 13:28 N-NMS
GRK: ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς ἁπαλὸς
NAS: when its branch has already
KJV: When her branch is yet
INT: already the branch of it tender

Luke 13:19 N-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ
NAS: OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES.
KJV: lodged in the branches of it.
INT: in the branches of it

Romans 11:16 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ κλάδοι
NAS: is holy, the branches are too.
KJV: [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
INT: also the branches

Romans 11:17 N-GMP
GRK: τινες τῶν κλάδων ἐξεκλάσθησαν σὺ
NAS: some of the branches were broken off,
KJV: if some of the branches be broken off,
INT: some of the branches were broken off you

Romans 11:18 N-GMP
GRK: κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων εἰ δὲ
NAS: toward the branches; but if
KJV: not against the branches. But if
INT: Boast against the branches if moreover

Romans 11:19 N-NMP
GRK: οὖν Ἐξεκλάσθησαν κλάδοι ἵνα ἐγὼ
NAS: then, Branches were broken off
KJV: then, The branches were broken off,
INT: then Were broken out branches that I

Romans 11:21 N-GMP
GRK: κατὰ φύσιν κλάδων οὐκ ἐφείσατο
NAS: the natural branches, He will not spare
KJV: the natural branches, [take heed] lest
INT: according to nature branches not spared

Strong's Greek 2798
11 Occurrences


κλάδων — 3 Occ.
κλάδοι — 2 Occ.
κλάδοις — 2 Occ.
κλάδος — 2 Occ.
κλάδους — 2 Occ.

















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