noun · neuter
klēmem
Strong’sG2814
a branch, shoot
stem klēm-4 times in the New Testament2 of 6 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.
κλῆμα, -τος, τό
(< κλάω), [in LXX chiefly for זְמוֹרָה, דָּלִית, Ez 15:2 17:6, 7, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2814 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkaly'-mah
a limb or shoot (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
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.
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 or object direct | klēmem2×κλῆμα | klēmeim1×κλήματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | klēmeu | klēmeiu |
| to, for dative | klēme | klēmei |
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
klēme 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
klēmem“branch”subject or objectdirect singular2×
John 15:4… mi, kamis en vi. kathōs tem klēmem ouk dunotō karpon ferarō apo heauteu …… remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless …
John 15:6… en mi, balita exō hōs tem klēmem kai xēranita, kai sunagalō auteim kai …… in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers …
klēmeim“branches”subject or objectdirect plural1×
John 15:5mis amō tas ampelas, vis teim klēmeim. tos menarōntos en mi kamis en …… the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me …
klēmem1×
John 15:2pantem klēmem en mi mē ferarōntem karpon airatō …He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit …