Strong's Lexicon
G2828 — κλισία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2828 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κλισία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G2827 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | klisia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | klee-see'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) reclination 2. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal |
| KJV Renderings: | company |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλισία, κλισίας, ἡ (κλίνω; from Homer down; properly, a place for lying down or reclining; hence,
1. a hut, erected to pass the night in.
2. a tent.
3. anything to recline on; a chair in which to lean back the head, reclining-chair.
4. a company reclining; a row or party of persons reclining at meal: so in plural, Luk 9:14, on which cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (214); likewise in Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 12; Plutarch Sert. 26.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κλισία (company)
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
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