UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to graft, to bud

Semantic entry: 43.10

Semantic domains: Agriculture

Definition: to insert a shoot or bud into a growing plant

Notes: 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.’