2798. klados

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, ὁ (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

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.