To recline

Usually translated “reclined”, “recline” and “do recline”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• he reclined 3
• to recline 2
• do recline 2
• to sit down 1
• they sat down 1
• reclined 1
• having leaned 1
• had reclined 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Luke 4
• John 4
• Mark 2
• Matthew 1

4 books in all.

• To recline (anakeimai)
• To recline (katakeimai)
• To recline (anaklinō)
• To sit (kataklinō)

• Mark 6:40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
• Mark 8:6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
• Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
• Luke 14:10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
• Luke 17:7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
• Luke 22:14And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “recline” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.