To recline
ἀνάκειμαιStrong’s G0345anakeimai
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anakeimai is the Greek word usually translated “reclining”, “is reclining” and “when were reclining”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.”
Meaning
Usually translated “reclining”, “is reclining” and “when were reclining”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- reclining 8
- is reclining 2
- when were reclining 2
- of those reclining 1
- he was reclining 1
- reclining with 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 5
- Mark 4
- John 4
- Luke 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 22:10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- Matthew 22:11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- Matthew 26:7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
- Matthew 26:20Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
- Mark 5:40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
- Mark 6:26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Greek dictionary
ἀνάκειμαι anakeimai · to recline
ἀνά-κειμαι [in LXX: I Est.4:10, Tob.9:6 א * ;] 1. in cl., as pass. of ἀνατίθημ, to be laid up, laid: Mrk.5:40 Rec. 2. In late writers (cf. MM, VGT, see word) = κεῖσθαι, κατακεῖσθαι, to recline at table: Mat.26:20; part. ἀνακείμενος, Mat.9:10 22:10-11 26:7, Mrk.6:26 14:18 16:14, Luk.22:27, Jhn.6:11 12:2 13:23, 28.† SYN.: ἀνακλίνω, ἀναπίπτω, the latter denoting an act rather than a state and thus in Jhn.13:25 differing from ἀνάκειμαι (see. Jhn.13:23) by indicating a change of position. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “recline” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RECLI'NE, verb transitive
[Latin reclino; re and clino, to lean.]
All definitions and other forms of “recline”
RECLI'NE, verb intransitive
To lean; to rest or repose; as, to recline on a couch.
RECLI'NE, adjective
[Latin reclinis.]
Leaning; being in a leaning posture.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.