Lexicon kataklinó: to make to lie down Original Word: κατακλίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataklinó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-lee'-no) Short Definition: I recline, cause to recline Definition: I cause to recline at table; mid. and pass: I recline at table. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and klinóDefinitionto make to lie down NASB Translationreclined (2), sit down (2), take (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2625: κατακλίνωκατακλίνω: 1 aorist κατεκλινα; 1 aorist passive κατεκλιθην; from Homer down; in the N. T. in reference to eating, to make to recline: τινα, Luke 9:14 (also 15 T Tr WH) ( ἐπί τό δεῖπνον, Xenophon, Cyril 2, 8, 21); middle, with 1 aorist passive, to recline (at table): Luke 7:36 L T Tr WH; ; εἰς τήν πρωτοκλισίαν, Luke 14:8 (εἰς τό ἐσθίειν, Judith 12:15; εἰς τό δεῖπνον, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 8, 1 (variant)).
Strong's make lie down or recline at meals From kata and klino; to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table -- (make) sit down (at meat). see GREEK kata see GREEK klino |
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