Strong G377ἀναπίπτω

to recline

Transliteration
anapipto
Pronunciation
an-ap-ip'-to
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G4098; to fall back that is lie down lean back: - lean sit down (to meat).

Detailed definition

ἀνα-πίπτω
[in LXX: Gen.49:9 (כָּרַע) Tob.2:1 7:8, Jdth.12:10, Sir.25:18 32:2, Da TH Sus 1:37 *;]
1. (cl.) to fall back.

2. In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, see word): at table, Luk.11:37 14:10 17:7 22:14, Jhn.13:12 21:20; on the ground, Mat.15:35 Mrk.6:40 8:6 Jhn.6:10; to lean back, Jhn.13:25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; see: ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.).†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀνακλίνομαι (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G377 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sit8
  • lean1
  • set1

First verses

  1. Matthew 15:35
    And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
  2. Mark 6:40
    And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
  3. Mark 8:6
    And 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.
  4. Luke 11:37
    And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
  5. Luke 14:10
    But 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.
  6. Luke 17:7
    But 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?
  7. Luke 22:14
    And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
  8. John 6:10
    And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
  9. John 13:12
    So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
  10. John 21:20
    Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναπίπτω,
poetry ἀμπ-, fall back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1599, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 410)]; lay oneself back, like rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 345, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.8; ἀ. ὑπτία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b)], compare e; of riders, ὑπτίους ἀναπεπτωκότας ἐλαύνειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.14.)]
2 metaphorically, fall back, give ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; flag, lose heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.224)]; ταῖς σπουδαῖς (vulgar form σπονδ-) ἀναπεπτωκέναι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.53.)]
2.b perfect participle ἀναπεπτωκώς lifeless, of style, σχῆμα ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “τέχναι ῥητορικαί” 2p.518S., +others)]
3 of a plan, to be given up, ἀνεπεπτώκει τὰ τῆς ἐξόδου[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.163.)]
4 ἀ. ἀπ᾽ οἴκων to be banished from one's house, poetical cited in Athenagoraspro Christo 22.
5 recline at meals, like{ἀνάκειμαι}, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 293, “Comica Adespota” 638, “PPar.” 51.4, NT.Mark.6.40, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 23.)]
5.b take to one's bed in sickness, [Refs (“PMag.Leid.V.” 11.1.)]
6 recoil, of the arms of torsion-engines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 100.2.)]