G2625: κατακλίνω (kataklínō)

G2625 κατακλίνω (kataklínō)

Greek

Quick Definition

κατακλίνω v. I recline, cause to recline

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 2827; to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table

KJV Usage: (make) sit down (at meat)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατακλίνω (G2625) — κατακλίνομαι

verb | aor.pass. κατεκλίθην | κλίνω

17.24 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Recline [to eat]

to cause to recline to eat, to have someone sit down to eat to cause someone to assume a reclining (or possibly sitting) position as part of the process of eating

LUK 9:14 · LUK 9:15

17.23 · (κατακλίνομαι) · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Recline [to eat]

to recline, to eat, to be at table, to eat, to dine, to sit down to eat to be in a reclining position as one eats (with the focus either upon the position or the act of eating)

LUK 7:36 · LUK 14:8 · LUK 24:30

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κατακλίνω kataklinō 5x

to cause to lie down, cause to recline at table, Lk. 9:14, 15; mid. to lie down, recline, Lk. 7:36; 14:8; 24:30*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-κλίνω,

[in LXX: Ex 21:18 (נפל), Nu 24:9, Jg 5:27, (כּרע), I Ki 16:11 (סבב), Jth 12:15, III Mac 1:3*;]

to lay down, make to lie down, esp. for meals: c. acc. pers., Lk 9:14, 15; mid., to recline at meals: Lk 7:36 24:30; seq. εἰς, Lk 14:8 (cf. Jth 12:15).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κατακλίνω. This medical term (Hobart, p. 69f.), which in the NT is found only in the Lukan writings, occurs in a medical receipt of early i/A.D., P Oxy VIII. 1088* ὕπτιον κατακλίνας τὸν ἄνθρωπον θεράπευε, ‘lay the man on his back and treat him” (Ed.): cf. the use of the adj. in P Ryl II. 12476 (i/A.D.) ὥστε αὐτὴν κατακρινῆ (Δ κατακλινῆ) εἶναι, that she is laid up in bed”’ (Edd.). Cagnat IV. 6617 (a will—a.p. 85) ἵνα μόνοι of παρόντες Kal κατακλεινόμενοι βουλευταὶ λαμβάνωσι τὴν διανομὴν [τα]ύτην : for the subst. cf. 6.5 γείν[εσἼθαι δὲ τὴν κατάκλισιν μηνὸς Πανήμου ἡμέρᾳ εὐδαιμοσύνης. oo

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κατακλίνω (kataklinō) — to sit. κατα-κλίνω [ῑ], lay down, [δόρυ] κατακλίνας ἐπὶ γαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τοὺς Πέρσας ἐς λειμῶνα having made them recline (for dinner) in a meadow, [NT+5th c.BC+]; κ. παιδίον put it to bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, cause one to take to his bed, i.e. strike with disease, [Refs]; of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ lay a sick person in the temple of Asclepios, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύταν ὀβολῶ κ. (obscene meaning) [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive (with aorist 2 Attic dialect -εκλίνην, aorist 1 -εκλίθην Attic dialect and in other dialects), lie at table, κατακλιθέντας πίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, lie down, κατακλινεὶς δευρί [Refs]; κατακλίνεσθαι παρά τινα lie at table next him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, παρά τινι lie with him sexually,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπὶ ταῖς κοίταις, ἐπὶ στιβάδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a sick man, take to one's bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, lie in bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; κατακεκλιμένος, of a corpse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II. cause to incline, bend downwards, ἕως ἂν κατακλίνῃ [ὁ ἐλέφας τοὺς φοίνικας] [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, lay prostrate, overthrow, τύραννον [Refs 6th c.BC+]

III. passive, of ground, slope, ἤπειρόνδε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III.2. of the sun, set, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.3. of crabs' eyes, turn sideways, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.4. kneel, ὅταν κατακλιθῇ εἰς γόνατα [κάμηλος] [Refs]

III.5. with dative, to be set under, made subject to, ὅταν κατακλιθῇ τὸ θητικὸν τῷ προπολεμοῦντι [Refs 4th c.BC+]