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GreekG2625Verb

κατακλίνω

kataklinō

5Occurrences
G2625Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table

from G2596 (κατά) and G2827 (κλίνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to lay down, make to lie down, esp. for meals: with accusative of person(s); mid., to recline at meals.
LXX: (נָפַל), (כָּרַע), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κατακλίνω appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
5

Key Passages

Luke 14:8BSB

“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

Luke 24:30BSB

While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

Luke 7:36BSB

Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Luke 9:14BSB

(There were about five thousand men.)He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

Luke 9:15BSB

They did so, and everyone was seated.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.