Quick Definition
ἐγκεντρίζω v. I graft in
Strong's Definition
to prick in, i.e. ingraft
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G2759 (κέντρον);
KJV Usage: graff in(-to)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κέντρον
43.10 · Agriculture
to graft, to bud to insert a shoot or bud into a growing plant Since grafting is not known in some cultures, it may be important to employ a descriptive phrase, for example, ‘to cause a small twig of one tree to grow in another,’ but such a descriptive phrase must almost always be accompanied by a descriptive marginal note, for example, ‘to take a bud or twig from one tree and insert it under the bark of another tree so that it will grow.’
ROM 11:17 · ROM 11:19 · ROM 11:23 · ROM 11:23 · ROM 11:24 · ROM 11:24
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγ-κεντρίζω [T WH ἐνκ., see ἐν, IIL. 3]: 1 aor. ἐνεκένtpica; Pass., 1 aor. ἐνεκεντρίσθην ; 1 fut. ἐγκεντρισθήσομαι; to cut into for the sake of inserting a scion; to inoculate, ingrafl, graft in, (Aristot. ap. Athen. 14, 68 [p. 653 d.]; Theophr. h. p. 2, 2,5; Antonin. 11, 8): τινά, Ro. xi. 17, 19, 23, 24 [ef. W. § 52, 4,5]; in these pass. Paul likens the heathen who by becoming Christians have been admitted into fellowship with the people for whom the Messianic salvation is destined, to scions from wild trees inserted into a cultivated stock ; [ef. Beet on vs. 24; Β. Ὁ. s. ν. Olive].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐγκεντρίζω enkentrizō 6x
to ingraft; met. Rom. 11:17, 19, 23, 24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐγ-κεντρίζω, v.s. ἐνκ-.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐγκεντρίζω (egkentrizō) — to ingraft. ἐγκεντ-ρίζω, goad, spur on, [LXX]
II. of plants, graft, [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: metaphorically, [NT+3rd c.AD+]; of a Centaur, ὃν φύσις ἐνεκέντρισεν ἵππῳ [Refs]
III. (κέντρον) concentrate, [Refs 5th c.AD+] —passive [Refs]