"a bough, branch, shoot, Mt. 13:32; 21:8; met. a branch of a family stock, Rom. 11:16, 21"
Definition and meaning
a bough, branch, shoot, Mt. 13:32; 21:8; met. a branch of a family stock, Rom. 11:16, 21
In the original Greek the word is written: κλάδος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of klados (G2798) across the King James Bible.
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
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Common questions
Strong's G2798 (klados) is a Greek word that means: a bough, branch, shoot, Mt. 13:32; 21:8; met. a branch of a family stock, Rom. 11:16, 21 It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word klados (G2798) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2798 is klados, a Greek word defined as: a bough, branch, shoot, Mt. 13:32; 21:8; met. a branch of a family stock, Rom. 11:16, 21. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
klados is a Greek word found in the New Testament.