Word Summary
klēma: a vine branch
Original Word: κλῆμαTransliteration: klēma
Phonetic Spelling: (kaly'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a vine branch
Meaning: a vine branch
Strong's Concordance
branch.
From klao; a limb or shoot (as if broken off) -- branch.
see GREEK klao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2814: κλῆμακλῆμα,
κληματος,
τό (from
κλάω, which see), equivalent to
κλάδος,
a tender and flexible branch; specifically,
the shoot or branch of a vine, a vine-sprout:
John 15:2-6 (so
Aristophanes eccles. 1031;
Aeschines in
Ctesias (
), p. 77, 2; Theophrastus, h. pl. 4, 13, 5; ἀμπέλου κλῆμα, Plato, rep. i., p. 353 a.; the Sept., Ezekiel 15:2; Ezekiel 17:6; Joel 1:7).