κλῆμαklēma
a limb or shoot (as if broken off)
Greek (New Testament) · G2814
Meanings
a vine-twig, vine-branch: John 15:2, John 15:4-6.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- John 15:2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
- John 15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
- John 15:5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
- John 15:6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.