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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g2798 Greek: klados

Branch:

from klao, "to break" (cp. klasma, "a broken piece"), properly a young tender shoot, "broken off" for grafting, is used for any kind of branch, Mat 13:32; 21:8; 24:32; Mar 4:32; 13:28; Luk 13:19; the descendants of Israel, Rom 11:16-19, 21.

2 Strong's Number: g2814 Greek: klema

Branch:

akin to klao, "to break," denotes "a tender, flexible branch, especially the shoot of a vine, a vine sprout," Jhn 15:2, 4-6.

3 Strong's Number: g4746 Greek: stoibas|stibas

Branch:

from steibo, "to tread on," primarily denoted "a layer of leaves, reeds, twigs or straw, serving for a bed;" then "a branch full of leaves, soft foliage," which might be used in making a bed, or for treading upon, Mar 11:8.

4 Strong's Number: g902 Greek: baion

Branch:

of Egyptian origin, frequent in the papyri writings, denotes "a branch of the palm tree," Jhn 12:13.

Note: Matthew, Mark and John each use a different word for "branch" in narrating Christ's entry into Jerusalem.

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