Strong G347ἀνακλίνω
to recline
- Transliteration
- anaklinō
- Pronunciation
- an-ak-lee'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G347 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sit7
- make3
- lay1
First verses
- Matthew 8:11And 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.
- 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 7:36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
- Luke 9:15And they did so, and made them all sit down.
- 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνα-κλίνω,
poetry ἀγκλ-, (see. κλίνω) lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1)]; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b13)]; cause to recline at table, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.4.5, NT.Luke.12.37)]:—mostly in passive, lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.371)]; of persons asleep, [Refs (18.189)]; of rowers, [Refs (13.78)]; of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a11)]; to be strung, of strings of lyre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.10.)]
2 passive, of ground, lie sloping upwards, [Refs (Gp. 2.3.1.)]
II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156)]; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ᾽ ἐπιθεῖναι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.751, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 6)]; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16.)]
III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 540a.)]
IV overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.24.10.)]
poetry ἀγκλ-, (see. κλίνω) lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1)]; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b13)]; cause to recline at table, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.4.5, NT.Luke.12.37)]:—mostly in passive, lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.371)]; of persons asleep, [Refs (18.189)]; of rowers, [Refs (13.78)]; of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a11)]; to be strung, of strings of lyre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.10.)]
2 passive, of ground, lie sloping upwards, [Refs (Gp. 2.3.1.)]
II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156)]; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ᾽ ἐπιθεῖναι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.751, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 6)]; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16.)]
III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 540a.)]
IV overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.24.10.)]