To ingraft
ἐγκεντρίζωStrong’s G1461egkentrizō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Egkentrizō is the Greek word usually translated “were grafted in”, “may be grafted in” and “grafted in”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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;”
Meaning
Usually translated “were grafted in”, “may be grafted in” and “grafted in”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you were grafted in 1
- may be grafted in 1
- they will be grafted in 1
- to graft in 1
- were grafted 1
- will be grafted into 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 11:19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
- Romans 11:23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
- Romans 11:24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Greek dictionary
ἐγκεντρίζω egkentrizō · to ingraft
ἐγκεντρίζω, see: ἐνκ-. ἐν-κεντρίζω (Rec. ἐγρ-, see: ἐν; κεντρίζω, to graft), [in LXX: Wis.16:11 *;] to ingraft, graft in. figuratively, with accusative of person(s), Rom.11:17,19,23,24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ingraft” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INGR'AFT, verb transitive
[in and graff. The original word is ingraff or graff, but it is corrupted beyond recovery.]
- To insert a cion of one tree or plant into another for propagation; as, to ingraft the cion of an apple-tree on a pear-tree, as its stock; to ingraft a peach on a plum.
- To propagate by incision.
- To plant or introduce something foreign into that which is native, for the purpose of propagation.
- To set or fix deep and firm.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.