Lexicon kline: a couch, bed, mat, bier Original Word: κλίνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kline Phonetic Spelling: (klee'-nay) Short Definition: a couch, bed, mat, bier Definition: a couch, bed, portable bed or mat, a couch for reclining at meals, possibly also a bier. Thayer's STRONGS NT 2825: κλίνηκλίνη, κλίνης, ἡ ( κλίνω); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for מִטָּה, also for עֶרֶשׁ; a bed: universally, Mark 7:30; Luke 17:34; a couch to recline on at meals, Mark 4:21; Mark 7:4 ( T WH omit); Luke 8:16; a couch on which a sick man is carried, Matthew 9:2, 6; Luke 5:18; plural Acts 5:15 R G; βάλλειν εἰς κλίνην, to cast into a bed, i. e. to afflict with disease, Revelation 2:22.
Strong's bed, table. From klino; a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating) -- bed, table. see GREEK klino |
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