Lexicon klinó: to cause to bend Original Word: κλίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: klinó Phonetic Spelling: (klee'-no) Short Definition: I rest, recline, make to yield Definition: trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline; I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. verb Definitionto cause to bend NASB Translationbowed (2), ending (1), lay (2), nearly over (1), put to flight (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2827: κλίνωκλίνω; 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα; 1. transitive, a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, John 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Luke 24:5. b. equivalent to to cause to fall back: παρεμβολάς, Latininclinare acies, i. e. to turn to flight, Hebrews 11:34 (μάχην, Homer, Iliad 14, 510; Τρῳάς, 5, 37; Ἀχαιους, Odyssey 9, 59). c. to recline: τήν κεφαλήν, in a place for repose (A. V. lay one's head), Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58. 2. intransitive, to incline oneself (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1): of the declining day (A. V. wear away, be far spent), Luke 9:12; Luke 24:29; Jeremiah 6:4; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τό τρίτον μέρος τῆς νικτος, Polybius 3, 93, 7; ἐγκλινατος τοῦ ἡλίου ἐς ἑσπέραν, Arrian anab. 3, 4, 2. (Compare: ἀνακλίνω, ἐκκλίνω, κατακλίνω, προσκλίνω.)
Strong's cause to bow down, bend, wear away. A primary verb; to slant or slope, i.e. Incline or recline (literally or figuratively) -- bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away. |
