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Strong's #2814 - κλῆμα
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- a tender and flexible branch
- spec. the shoot or branch of a vine, a vine sprout
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κλῆμα, ατος, τό,
Aeol. κλᾶμμα (q.v.),
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1. twig or branch, esp. vinetwig, Ar. Ec. 1031, Hp. Epid. 4.50, 6.3.8, Thphr. HP 2.5.5, CP 3.14.6, al.; ἀμπέλου κ. Pl. R. 353a: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. X. Oec. 19.8, cf. Arist. HA 550b8: metaph., ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κ. τὰ τοῦ δήμου D.ap.Aeschin. 3.166; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ Democr. 148.
2. vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Lat. vitis, Plu. Galb. 26, etc.
II = πιτυοῦσσα, Dsc. 4.165; = πολύγονον, Plin. HN 27.113.
III = ὑπόδημα, Hsch.; cf. κλείματα.
κλῆμα, κληματος, τό (from κλάω, which see), equivalent to κλάδος, a tender and flexible branch; specifically, the shoot or branch of a vine, a vine-sprout: John 15:2-6 (so Aristophanes eccles. 1031; Aeschines in Ctesias (
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In P Flor II. 148.9 (A.D. 266–7) in connexion with the operations in a vineyard we have—συλλέξατε δὲ κλήματα Θηβαϊκὰ καὶ λευκά.
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