GreekG0347Verb

ἀνακλίνω

anaklinō

6Occurrences
G0347Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lean back

from G303 (ἀνά) and G2827 (κλίνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to lay upon, lean against, hence, (a) to lay down: (b) to make to recline: WH, mg. Pass., to lie back, recline.
Synonyms
*ἀνάκειμαι *(which see), ἀναπίπτω
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀνακλίνω appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
Matthew
2
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 12:37BSB

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.

Luke 13:29BSB

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Luke 2:7BSB

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.

Matthew 14:19BSB

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.

Matthew 8:11BSB

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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