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G2814 κλῆμα (klēma)
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Quick Definition

κλῆμα, ατος, τό n.n. a branch, shoot

Strong's Definition

from 2806; a limb or shoot (as if broken off)

KJV Usage: branch

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | κλάω

3.50 · Plants · Non-Fruit Parts of Plants

branch (principally of grapevines) a more or less tender, flexible branch, as of a vine

JHN 15:2 · JHN 15:4 · JHN 15:5 · JHN 15:6

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κλῆμα, -aros, τό, (fr. KAdw, q- V.), i. q. κλάδος, a tender and flexible branch; spec. the shoot or branch of a vine, a vine-sprout: Jn. xv. 2-6 (so Arstph. eccles. 1031; Aeschin. in Ctes. p. 77, 27; Theophr. h. pl. 4, 13, 5; ἀμπέλου κλῆμα, Plat. rep. i. p. 353 a.; Sept., Ezek. xv. 25 xvii. 6 sq-; Joel i. 7).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κλῆμα klēma 4x

a branch, shoot, twig, esp. of the vine, Jn. 15:2, 4-6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κλῆμα, -τος, τό

(< κλάω), [in LXX chiefly for זְמוֹרָה, דָּלִית, Ez 15:2 17:6, 7, al.;]

a vine-twig, vine-branch: Jo 15:2, 4-6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κλῆμα. In P Flor II. 1485 (A.D. 266-7) in connexion with the operations in a vineyard we πανε---συλλέξατε δὲ κλήματα Θηβαϊκὰ kal λευκά.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κλῆμα (klēma) — branch. κλῆμα, ατος, τό, Aeolic dialect κλᾶμμα (which see), twig or branch, especially vinetwig, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

2. vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Latin vitis, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. ={πιτυοῦσσα}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={πολύγονον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. ={ὑπόδημα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare κλείματα.

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