noun · masculine
klados
Strong’sG2798
a branch
stem klad-11 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κλάδος, -ου, ὁ
(< κλάω), [in LXX for דָּלִית, כַּף, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2798 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidklad'-os
a twig or bough (as if broken off)
Fromfrom G2806;
King Jamesbranch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
branch, shoot of a tree, Refs 4th c.BC+; twig, opposed to ἀκρεμών, Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, branch, τῆς ἐλαίης τοὺς κλάδους Refs 5th c.BC+: presented by suppliants, ἐλαίας θ᾽ ὑψιγέννητον κλάδον Refs 5th c.BC+; also of laurel branches used in temples, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 plank, Refs 3rd c.AD+
3 branch of a blood-vessel, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 metaphorically, ἀπὸ νώτοιο δύο κλάδοι ἀΐσσονται two arms, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 κ. ἐλέας, of a young girl, Refs 4th c.BC+; τῇ κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; compare κλάδα[ν]· κλάδον, Refs 5th c.AD+; genitive plural κλαδέων probably in Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect κλαδέεσσι Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | klados2×κλάδος | kladois2×κλάδοι |
| object accusative | kladon | kladoin2×κλάδους |
| direct address vocative | klador | kladoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kladou | kladoiu3×κλάδων |
| to, for dative | klado | kladoi2×κλάδοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
klado is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
klados“branch”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 24:32“branch”… mathavar tan parabolan; hotan ēdē tos klados autau geneteia hapalos kai teim fulleim …Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know …
Mark 13:28“branch”… mathavar tan parabolan; hotan ēdē tos klados autau hapalos geneteia kai ekfuateiō teim …Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves …
kladois“branches”subjectnominative plural2×
Romans 11:16… ei tas rizas hagias, kai tois kladois.… root is holy, so are the branches.
Romans 11:19legasi oun; Ekklila kladois hina mis enkentrizimeia.You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I …
kladoin“branches”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 21:8… en ta hoda, allosois de koptale kladoin apo teiu dendreiu kai strōnnuale en …… on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them …
Mark 4:32… megoterem panteiu teiu lachaneiu kai poiatō kladoin megoin, hōste dunorō hupo tan skian …… garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the …
kladoiu“branches”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Romans 11:17Ei de tinois toiu kladoiu ekklila, sis de agrielaias arōntos enkentrizisa …Now if some branches have been broken off, and you …
Romans 11:18mē katakauchosōr toiu kladoiu; ei de katakauchosō, ouk sis tan …do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You …
Romans 11:21… gar tos theos toiu kata fusian kladoiu ouk feideta, oude su feideti.… God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you …
kladoi“branches”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 13:32… tou ouranou kai kataskēnarō en toi kladoi auteu.… air come and nest in its branches.”
Luke 13:19… peteineim tou ouranou kataskēnata en toi kladoi auteu.… of the air nested in its branches.”