Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Greek Word Study

Strong's G2798 κλάδος (klados)

Klados means “branch” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2798 — charashim in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2798
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 15

Strong's G2798 Quick Answer

Strong's G2798 κλάδος (klados) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. klados (klad'-os) n. 1. a twig or bough (as if broken off) [from G2806] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include branches, branch, and broken. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
klados (klad'-os) n. 1. a twig or bough (as if broken off) [from G2806]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
branches, branch, and broken

Meaning and Definition

klados (klad'-os) n. 1. a twig or bough (as if broken off) [from G2806] KJV: branch Root(s): G2806

Original Word
κλάδος
Transliteration
klados
Derivation
Root: κλάω R1: 2806
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2798. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

branch

Usage: 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)

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

How Strong's G2798 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render klados, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

branches Matthew 13:32 branch Matthew 24:32 broken Romans 11:17

How Strong's G2798 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2798 (κλάδος) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

Read the full Greek Septuagint interlinear with Strong's →

Strong's G2798 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2798 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:32 KJV

Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Matthew 21:8 KJV

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Matthew 24:32 KJV

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Strong's G2798 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 23:40 Septuagint / Brenton

And on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year.

Judges 9:48 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abimelech went up to the mount of Zalmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.

Judges 9:49 Septuagint / Brenton

And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burned the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

Strong's G2798 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 10:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:4 Septuagint / Brenton

For though they flourish in branches for a time; Yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, And through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.

Wisdom of Solomon 17:17 Septuagint / Brenton

For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, Or a laborer in the field, He was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: For they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2798.

Leviticus 23:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year.
Judges 9:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech went up to the mount of Zalmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.
Judges 9:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burned the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
Isaiah 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and as if there should be left stubble therein, or as it were the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or as if four or five should be left on their branches; thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 55:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
Jeremiah 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord called thy name a fair olive tree, of a goodly shade in appearance, at the noise of its being lopped, fire was kindled against it; great is the affliction coming upon thee: her branches are become good for nothing.
Ezekiel 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.
Ezekiel 31:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations dwelt under his shadow.
Ezekiel 31:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.
Ezekiel 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,
Ezekiel 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God’s paradise of delight envied him.
Ezekiel 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ravaging strangers from the nations have destroyed him, and have cast him down upon the mountains: his branches fell in all the valleys, and his boughs were broken in every field of the land; and all the people of the nations are gone down from their shelter, and have laid him low.
Daniel 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Daniel 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches):
Hosea 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Lebanon.
Zechariah 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?
Matthew 13:32 New Testament, KJV
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew 21:8 New Testament, KJV
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Matthew 24:32 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mark 4:32 New Testament, KJV
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Mark 13:28 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Luke 13:19 New Testament, KJV
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Romans 11:16 New Testament, KJV
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Romans 11:17 New Testament, KJV
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Romans 11:18 New Testament, KJV
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Romans 11:19 New Testament, KJV
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Romans 11:21 New Testament, KJV
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
2 Maccabees 10:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For though they flourish in branches for a time; Yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, And through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, Or a laborer in the field, He was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: For they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the branches thereof are long life.
Wisdom of Sirach 14:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall set his children under her shelter, And shall lodge under her branches.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Her children shall not take root, And her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, And my branches are the branches of honor and grace.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: But are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2798, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 5 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2798 FAQ

What does klados (κλάδος) mean?

Klados (Strong's G2798) is a Greek word most simply glossed "branch". klados (klad'-os) n. 1. a twig or bough (as if broken off) [from G2806]

How many times is klados (κλάδος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G2798 across 15 books.

Where can I study klados (κλάδος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2798 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate klados (κλάδος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as branches, branch, and broken. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2798 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2798, with linked reader references where each row is available.