Strong's Lexicon
G2625 — κατακλίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2625 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατακλίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G2827 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | kataklino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ak-lee'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to recline down 2. (specially) to take a place at table |
| KJV Renderings: | (make) sit down (at meat) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατακλίνω: 1 aorist κατεκλινα; 1 aorist passive κατεκλιθην; from Homer down; in the N. T. in reference to eating, to make to recline: τινα, Luk 9:14 (also 15 T Tr WH) (ἐπί τό δεῖπνον, Xenophon, Cyril 2, 8, 21); middle, with 1 aorist passive, to recline (at table): Luk 7:36 L T Tr WH; ; εἰς τήν πρωτοκλισίαν, Luk 14:8 (εἰς τό ἐσθίειν, Jdt 12:15; εἰς τό δεῖπνον, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 8, 1 (variant)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατακλίνω ((make) sit down (at meat))
Luke 9:14
- KJV: For they were about five thousand men And he said to his disciples Make them sit down by fifties in a company
- GK: ήσαν γαρ ωσεί άνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι είπε δε προς τους μαθητάς αυτού κατακλίνατε αυτούς κλισίας ανά πεντήκοντα
Luke 14:8
- KJV: When thou art bidden of any to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him
- GK: όταν κληθής υπό τινος εις γάμους μη κατακλιθής εις την πρωτοκλισίαν μήποτε εντιμότερός σου η κεκλημένος υπ΄ αυτού
Luke 24:30
- KJV: And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them
- GK: και εγένετο εν τω κατακλιθήναι αυτόν μετ΄ αυτών λαβών τον άρτον ευλόγησε και κλάσας επεδίδου αυτοίς
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