To recline
ἀνακλίνωStrong’s G0347anaklinō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anaklinō is the Greek word usually translated “recline”, “sit down” and “laid”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “recline”, “sit down” and “laid”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they will recline 1
- to sit down 1
- to recline 1
- she laid 1
- he will make recline 1
- will recline 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:19And 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 his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Mark 6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
- Luke 2:7And 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.
- Luke 12:37Blessed are 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.
- Luke 13:29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Greek dictionary
ἀνακλίνω anaklinō · to recline
ἀνα-κλίνω [in LXX: 3Ma.5:16 * ;] to lay upon, lean against, hence, (a) to lay down: Luk.2:7; (b) to make to recline: Mrk.6:39, WH, mg., Luk.12:37. Pass., to lie back, recline: Mat.8:11 14:19, Luk.13:29.† SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀναπίπτω (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.