Lexicon
ἐγκεντρίζω
egkentrizō
G1461
G:V Greek

to ingraft

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Occurrences
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Books
Greek
Language

egkentrizo describes being joined into an olive tree, including the prospect of being joined back into one’s own tree.

The attested use describes insertion into an olive-tree setting: a wild olive tree is brought among existing branches, while natural branches may be brought back into their own tree.

Senses in use

  1. Joining branches into an olive tree · dominant

    In Romans 11:17, the second-person aorist passive form occurs where a wild olive tree is brought among branches and shares the olive tree’s root richness; the APB renders the clause “were grafted in among them.” Romans 11:19 expresses the speaker’s hoped-for insertion after branches were broken off, while Romans 11:23 and Romans 11:24 describe branches being brought in again or back into their own olive tree; the APB renders these clauses with “grafted in,” “grafted them in again,” and “grafted back.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB consistently presents the olive-tree action with “grafted” language, adding “again” and “back” where the clause concerns return. These renderings confirm the scene rather than establish separate lexical senses.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture