ἀνακλίνω
anaklinō
“to recline”
Definition
to lean back
from G303 (ἀνά) and G2827 (κλίνω);
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Occurrences
ἀνακλίνω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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