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Branch

A title of Messiah: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his roots,” Isaiah xi, 1. See also Zech. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Strong’s
H1808, H2156, H2415, H3712, H6057, G2798, G2814, G0902, G4746, H5585, H5589, H7976, H2159, H5342, H6073, H8299
Hebrew
דָּלִיּוֹת · dâlîyâh
Greek
κλάδος · klados

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κλάδος

G2798
Transliteration
klados
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

branch

Lexicon definition

κλάδος, -ου, ὁ (κλάω), [in LXX for דָּלִיָּה, כַּף, etc. ;] a young tender shoot broken off for grafting; then, a branch: Mat.13:32 21:8 24:32, Mrk.4:32 13:28, Luk.13:19; metaphorically, of descendants (cf. Sir.40:15), Rom.11:16-19, 21.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κλῆμα

G2814
Transliteration
klēma
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

branch

Lexicon definition

κλῆμα, -τος, τό (κλάω), [in LXX chiefly for זְמוֹרָה, דָּלִיָּה, Eze.15:2 17:6-7, al. ;] a vine-twig, vine-branch: Jhn.15:2, 4-6.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Κλάδος

G2798
Transliteration
kládos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

branch

Lexicon definition

a bough, branch, shoot, Mat. 13.32; 21.8, et al.; met. offspring, progeny, posterity, Ro. 11.16, 21.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

στοιβάς

G4746
Transliteration
stoibás
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

branch

Lexicon definition

a spread (as if tramped flat) of loose materials for a couch, i.e. (by implication) a bough of a tree so employed

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דָּלִיָּה

H1808
Transliteration
dâlîyâh
Pronunciation
daw-lee-yaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

branch.

Lexicon definition

something dangling, i.e. a bough

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נֵצֶר

H5342
Transliteration
nêtser
Pronunciation
nay'-tser
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

branch.

Lexicon definition

a shoot

figuratively, a descendant

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֳפֶא

H6073
Transliteration
ʻŏpheʼ
Pronunciation
of-eh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

branch.

Lexicon definition

a bough (as covering the tree)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שִׁלֻּחָה

H7976
Transliteration
shilluchâh
Pronunciation
shil-loo-khaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

branch.

Lexicon definition

a shoot

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׂרִיג

H8299
Transliteration
sârîyg
Pronunciation
saw-reeg'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

branch.

Lexicon definition

a tendril (as entwining)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

כַּף

H3709
Transliteration
kaph
Pronunciation
kaf
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
193

Glosses

branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.

Lexicon definition

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree)

figuratively, power

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

זְמוֹרָה

H2156
Transliteration
zᵉmôwrâh
Pronunciation
zem-o-raw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

vine, branch, slip.

Lexicon definition

a twig (as pruned)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Branch

A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12). Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity. The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king.

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BRANCH

a title of Messiah: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his roots,” Isaiah xi, 1. See also Zech. iii, 8; vi, 12; Jer. xxiii, 5; xxxiii, 15. When Christ is represented as a slender twig, shooting out from the trunk of an old tree lopped to the very root and decayed, and becoming itself a mighty tree, reference is made, 1. To the kingly dignity of Christ, springing up from the decayed house of David; 2. To the exaltation which was to succeed his humbled condition on earth, and to the glory and vigour of his mediatorial reign.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Branch

Indexed occurrences: 29

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Strong's Concordance

Branches

Indexed occurrences: 80

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All Scripture references110 references

Genesis 9

Genesis 30:37Genesis 30:38Genesis 30:39Genesis 30:41Genesis 30:42Genesis 40:10Genesis 40:12Genesis 49:11Genesis 49:22

Exodus 8

Exodus 25:32Exodus 25:33Exodus 25:35Exodus 25:36Exodus 37:18Exodus 37:19Exodus 37:21Exodus 37:22

Leviticus 1

Leviticus 23:40

Numbers 1

Numbers 13:23

Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 24:20

Judges 2

Judges 9:48Judges 9:49

2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 18:9

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 6:231 Kings 8:65

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 24:7

Ezra 1

Ezra 4:13

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 8:15Nehemiah 8:16

Job 5

Job 8:11Job 8:16Job 15:32Job 18:16Job 29:19

Psalms 4

Psalms 80:10Psalms 80:11Psalms 80:15Psalms 104:12

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 11:28Proverbs 14:3

Isaiah 13

Isaiah 4:2Isaiah 9:13Isaiah 9:14Isaiah 10:33Isaiah 11:1Isaiah 14:19Isaiah 16:8Isaiah 17:6Isaiah 17:10Isaiah 18:5Isaiah 19:15Isaiah 27:10Isaiah 60:21

Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 1:11Jeremiah 5:10Jeremiah 6:9Jeremiah 11:16Jeremiah 23:5Jeremiah 33:15

Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 8:17Ezekiel 15:2Ezekiel 17:6Ezekiel 17:7Ezekiel 17:8Ezekiel 17:23Ezekiel 19:10Ezekiel 19:11Ezekiel 19:12Ezekiel 19:14Ezekiel 21:19Ezekiel 31:3Ezekiel 31:5Ezekiel 31:6Ezekiel 31:7Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:9Ezekiel 31:12Ezekiel 36:8

Daniel 3

Daniel 4:12Daniel 4:14Daniel 4:21

Hosea 1

Hosea 14:6

Joel 2

Joel 1:7Joel 1:12

Nahum 2

Nahum 2:2Nahum 2:3

Zechariah 3

Zechariah 3:8Zechariah 4:12Zechariah 6:12

Malachi 2

Malachi 3:19Malachi 4:1

Matthew 3

Matthew 13:32Matthew 21:8Matthew 24:32

Mark 3

Mark 4:32Mark 11:8Mark 13:28

Luke 1

Luke 13:19

John 5

John 12:13John 15:2John 15:4John 15:5John 15:6

Romans 6

Romans 11:16Romans 11:17Romans 11:18Romans 11:19Romans 11:21Romans 11:24

Revelation 1

Revelation 7:9

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Romans 11:17

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BRANCH

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Bezer

vine branches

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Booth

A hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.

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Branch

A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12). Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity. The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king.

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Chittim

Or Kittim, a plural form (Gen. 10:4), the name of a branch of the descendants of Javan, the "son" of Japheth. Balaam foretold (Num. 24:24) "that ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and afflict Eber." Daniel prophesied (11:30) that the ships of Chittim would come against the king of the north. It probably denotes Cyprus, whose ancient capital was called Kition by the Greeks. The references elsewhere made to Chittim (Isa. 23:1, 12; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6) are to be explained on the ground that while the name originally designated the Phoenicians only, it came latterly to be used of all the islands and various settlements on the sea-coasts which they had occupied, and then of the people who succeeded them when the Phoenician power decayed. Hence it designates generally the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean and the races that inhabit them.

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Dalmanutha

a bucket; a branch

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Date

The fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15).

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Graft

The process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is peculiarly appropriate to olive-trees. The union thus of branches to a stem is used to illustrate the union of true believers to the true Church.

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Horites

Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites (Gen. 14:6; 36:20-30; 1 Chr. 1:38, 39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people gradually became extinct (Deut. 2:12-22).

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Korahites

That portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah. (1.) They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chr. 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88) dedicated to the sons of Korah. (2.) Some of the sons of Korah also were "porters" of the temple (1 Chr. 9:17-19); one of them was over "things that were made in the pans" (31), i.e., the baking in pans for the meat-offering (Lev. 2:5).

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Oil-tree

(Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33 (R.V., "olive wood") and "pine branches" in Neh. 8:15 (R.V., "branches of wild olive"), was some tree distinct from the olive. It was probably the oleaster (Eleagnus angustifolius), which grows abundantly in almost all parts of Palestine, especially about Hebron and Samaria. "It has a fine hard wood," says Tristram, "and yields an inferior oil, but it has no relationship to the olive, which, however, it resembles in general appearance."

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Olive-tree

Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before the time of the Hebrews (Deut. 6:11; 8:8). It is mentioned in the first Old Testament parable, that of Jotham (Judg. 9:9), and is named among the blessings of the "good land," and is at the present day the one characteristic tree of Palestine. The oldest olive-trees in the country are those which are enclosed in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is referred to as an emblem of prosperity and beauty and religious privilege (Ps. 52:8; Jer. 11:16; Hos. 14:6). The two "witnesses" mentioned in Rev. 11:4 are spoken of as "two olive trees standing before the God of the earth." (Comp. Zech. 4:3, 11-14.) The "olive-tree, wild by nature" (Rom. 11:24), is the shoot or cutting of the good olive-tree which, left ungrafted, grows up to be a "wild olive." In Rom. 11:17 Paul refers to the practice of grafting shoots of the wild olive into a "good" olive which has become unfruitful. By such a process the sap of the good olive, by pervading the branch which is "graffed in," makes it a good branch, bearing good olives. Thus the Gentiles, being a "wild olive," but now "graffed in," yield fruit, but only through the sap of the tree into which they have been graffed. This is a process "contrary to nature" (11:24).

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Palm tree

(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), "upright" (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Rev. 7:9). "Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen." The whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia, i.e., "the land of palms." Tadmor in the desert was called by the Greeks and Romans Palmyra, i.e., "the city of palms." The finest specimens of this tree grew at Jericho (Deut. 34:3) and Engedi and along the banks of the Jordan. Branches of the palm tree were carried at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40). At our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the crowds took palm branches, and went forth to meet him, crying, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Matt. 21:8; John 12:13). (See [457]DATE.)

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River of Egypt

(1.) Heb. nahar mitsraim, denotes in Gen. 15:18 the Nile, or its eastern branch (2 Chr. 9:26). (2.) In Num. 34:5 (R.V., "brook of Egypt") the Hebrew word is nahal, denoting a stream flowing rapidly in winter, or in the rainy season. This is a desert stream on the borders of Egypt. It is now called the Wady el-Arish. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is about midway between this wady and Gaza. (See Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7; Isa. 27:12; Ezek. 47:19. In all these passages the R.V. has "brook" and the A.V. "river.")

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Rush

The papyrus (Job 8:11). (See [542]BULRUSH.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "utterly."

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Saruch

branch; layer; lining

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Serug

branch; layer; twining

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Tahapanes

=Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called "Daphne" by the Greeks, now Tell Defenneh), an ancient Egyptian city, on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, about 16 miles from Pelusium. The Jews from Jerusalem fled to this place after the death of Gedaliah (q.v.), and settled there for a time (Jer. 2:16; 43:7; 44:1; 46:14). A platform of brick-work, which there is every reason to believe was the pavement at the entry of Pharaoh's palace, has been discovered at this place. "Here," says the discoverer, Mr. Petrie, "the ceremony described by Jeremiah [43:8-10; "brick-kiln", i.e., pavement of brick] took place before the chiefs of the fugitives assembled on the platform, and here Nebuchadnezzar spread his royal pavilion" (R.V., "brickwork").

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Tamarisk

Heb. eshel (Gen. 21:33; 1 Sam. 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in A.V., "grove," "tree"); Arab. asal. Seven species of this tree are found in Palestine. It is a "very graceful tree, with long feathery branches and tufts closely clad with the minutest of leaves, and surmounted in spring with spikes of beautiful pink blosoms, which seem to envelop the whole tree in one gauzy sheet of colour" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.).

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Toll

One of the branches of the king of Persia's revenues (Ezra 4:13; 7:24), probably a tax levied from those who used the bridges and fords and highways.

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Wise men

Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. The word in the original (hakamim) probably means "medicine men. In Chaldea medicine was only a branch of magic. The "wise men" of Matt. 2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.

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Ziz

flower; branch; a lock of hair

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