Strong's Lexicon
G2827 — κλίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2827 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κλίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | klino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | klee'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to slant or slope, i.e. incline or decline {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλίνω; 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα;
1. transitive,
a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, Joh 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Luk 24:5.
b. equivalent to to cause to fall back: παρεμβολάς, Latininclinare acies, i. e. to turn to flight, Heb 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), Mat 8:20; Luk 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), Luk 9:12; Luk 24:29; Jer 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.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κλίνω (bow (down))
Matthew 8:20
- KJV: And Jesus saith unto him The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay head
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς αι αλώπεκες φωλεούς έχουσι και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατασκηνώσεις ο δε υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ έχει που την κεφαλήν κλίνη
Luke 9:12
- KJV: And when the day began to wear away then came the twelve and said unto him Send the multitude away that they may go into the towns and country round about and lodge and get victuals for we are here in a desert place
- GK: η δε ημέρα ήρξατο κλίνειν προσελθόντες δε οι δώδεκα είπον αυτώ απόλυσον τον όχλον ίνα απελθόντες εις τας κύκλω κώμας και τους αγρούς καταλύσωσι και εύρωσιν επισιτισμόν ότι ώδε εν ερήμω τόπω εσμέν
Luke 9:58
- KJV: And Jesus said unto him Foxes have holes and birds of the air nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay head
- GK: και είπεν αυτώ ο Ιησούς αι αλώπεκες φωλεούς έχουσι και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατασκηνώσεις ο δε υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ έχει που την κεφαλήν κλίνη
Luke 24:5
- KJV: And as they were afraid and bowed down faces to the earth they said unto them Why seek ye the living among the dead
- GK: εμφόβων δε γενομένων αυτών και κλινουσών το πρόσωπον εις την γην είπον προς αυτάς τι ζητείτε τον ζώντα μετά των νεκρών
Luke 24:29
- KJV: But they constrained him saying Abide with us for it is toward evening and the day is far spent And he went in to tarry with them
- GK: και παρεβιάσαντο αυτόν λέγοντες μείνον μεθ΄ ημών ότι προς εσπέραν εστί και κέκλικεν η ημέρα και εισήλθε του μείναι συν αυτοίς
John 19:30
- KJV: When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost
- GK: ότε ούν έλαβεν το όξος ο Ιησούς είπε τετέλεσται και κλίνας την κεφαλήν παρέδωκεν το πνεύμα
Hebrews 11:34
- KJV: Quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armies of the aliens
- GK: έσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός έφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας ενεδυναμώθησαν από ασθενείας εγενήθησαν ισχυροί εν πολέμω παρεμβολάς έκλιναν αλλοτρίων
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