Strong's Lexicon
G347 — ἀνακλίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G347 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνακλίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 and G2827 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | anaklino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-ak-lee'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to lean back 2. to recline |
| KJV Renderings: | lay, (make) sit down |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνακλίνω: future ἀνακλινῶ; 1 aorist ἀνέκλινα; passive, 1 aorist ἀνεκλίθην; future ἀνακλιθήσομαι; (from Homer down); to lean against, lean upon;
a. to lay down: τινα, Luk 2:7 (ἐν (τῇ) φάτνη).
b. to make or bid to recline: Mar 6:39 (ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς, namely, the disciples, ἀνακλῖναι (ἀνακλιθῆναι L WH text) πάντας i. e. the people); Luk 9:15 (T Tr WH κατέκλιναν); . Passive, to lie back, recline, lie down: Mat 14:19; of those reclining at table and at feasts, Luk 7:30 (R G); ; Mat 8:11 — in the last two passages used figuratively of participation in future blessedness in the Messiah’s kingdom.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνακλίνω (lay)
Matthew 8:11
- KJV: And I say unto you That many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι πολλοί από ανατολών και δυσμών ήξουσι και ανακλιθήσονται μετά Αβραάμ και Ισαάκ και Ιακώβ εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 14:19
- KJV: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fishes and looking up to heaven he blessed and brake and gave the loaves to disciples and the disciples to the multitude
- GK: και κελεύσας τους όχλους ανακλιθήναι επί τους χόρτους και λαβών τους πέντε άρτους και τους δύο ιχθύας αναβλέψας εις τον ουρανόν ευλόγησε και κλάσας έδωκε τοις μαθηταίς τους άρτους ο δε μαθηταί τοις όχλοις
Mark 6:39
- KJV: And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass
- GK: και επέταξεν αυτοίς ανακλίναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια επί τω χλωρώ χόρτω
Luke 2:7
- KJV: And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn
- GK: και έτεκε τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον και εσπαργάνωσεν αυτόν και ανέκλινεν αυτόν εν τη φάτνη διότι ουκ ην αυτοίς τόπος εν τω καταλύματι
Luke 7:36
- KJV: And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him And he went into the Pharisee’s house and sat down to meat
- GK: ηρώτα δε τις αυτόν των Φαρισαίων ίνα φάγη μετ΄ αυτού και εισελθών εις την οικίαν του Φαρισαίου ανεκλίθη
Luke 9:15
- KJV: And they did so and made them all sit down
- GK: και εποίησαν ούτως και ανέκλιναν άπαντας
Luke 12:37
- KJV: Blessed those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them
- GK: μακάριοι οι δούλοι εκείνοι ους ελθών ο κύριος ευρήσει γρηγορούντας αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι περιζώσεται και ανακλινεί αυτούς και παρελθών διακονήσει αυτοίς
Luke 13:29
- KJV: And they shall come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and shall sit down in the kingdom of God
- GK: και ήξουσιν από ανατολών και δυσμών και βορρά και νότου και ανακλιθήσονται εν τη βασιλεία του θεού
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