ἐγκεντρίζω
egkentrizō
“to ingraft”
Definition
to prick in, i.e. ingraft
from G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G2759 (κέντρον);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἐγκεντρίζω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
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