Quick Definition
κλίνη, ης, ἡ n.f. a couch, bed, mat, bier
Strong's Definition
from 2827; a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
KJV Usage: bed, table
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | κλίνω
6.107 · Artifacts · Furniture
cot, pallet, stretcher a relatively small and often temporary type of object on which a person may lie or recline; made of reeds or cloth; thin and light for carrying In a number of contexts the terms κλινίδιον, κλινάριον, and κράβαττος refer to cots or stretchers on which sick or convalescent persons might be resting or on which they could be transported. There is no NT context in which these terms refer to couches on which people reclined while eating.
noun, f. | -ης | κλίνω
6.106 · Artifacts · Furniture
bed, couch, cot, stretcher, bier any piece of furniture employed for reclining or lying on In MAT 9:2 a rendering such as ‘stretcher’ or ‘cot’ is certainly more advisable than the traditional rendering ‘bed,’ which might imply a large piece of furniture. In each passage one must employ a term which is most likely to identify the type of object which fits the context.
MAT 9:2 · MAT 9:6 · MRK 4:21 · MRK 7:4 · MRK 7:30 · LUK 5:18 · LUK 8:16 · LUK 17:34 · REV 2:22
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλίνη, -ης, ἡ, (κλίνω) ; fr. Hdt. down; Sept. for nu, also for wip; a bed: univ., Mk. vii. 30; Lk. xvii. 34; a couch to recline on at meals, Mk. iv. 21; vii. 4 pie Wilom.]; Lk. viii. 16; a couch on which a sick man is carried, Mt. ix. 2, 6; Lk. v. 18 ; plur. Acts v.15 RG; βάλλειν εἰς κλίνην, to cast into a bed, i. 6. to afflict with disease, Rev. ii. 22.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλινάριον klinarion 1x
a small bed or couch, Acts 5:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κλίνη, -ης, ἡ
(< κλίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִטָּה;]
a bed, couch: Mt 9:2, 6, Mk 4:21 7:4, 30, Lk 5:18 8:16 17:34, Re 2:22 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλίνη. An interesting parallel to 1 Cor 819, 10”, is afforded by P Oxy I. 110? (ii/A.D.) ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι εἰς κλείνην τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος ἐν τῷ Σιαραπείῳ αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν i, ἀπὸ ὥρας 6, where the nature of the invitation points to a ceremonial rather than to a private feast: cf. 2d. XII. 1484 (ii/iii A.D.), and see Wilcken dyrchiv iv. p. 211, Otto Priester ii. p. 16. See also the temple-account P Oxy VIII. 1144° (1 a.p.) δαπάνης ἱερᾶς κλεί[νης] ἕως if (δραχμαὶ) ιδ, where the editors note that tep. KA. = κει: sternit. In 26. III. 523 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 97) the meal takes place not in’a temple, but in the house of Claudius Serapion—éy τοῖς (cf. Lk 2.5) KXav8(lov) Zapamlw(vos), where the difficulty of avoiding the εἰδωλόθυτον must have been specially great if the Christian was not to shun all social intercourse with heathen neighbours. In Sy// 87774 (c. B.C. 420) the word occurs (ex szppl.) meaning ‘‘bier,” as in Thucydides and Plato. Had we later authority, it would be tempting to appiy this in Rev 255. [Charles (Studies in the Apocalypse, p. 98 ff.) understands κλίνη here = ‘ped of illness or suffering’ in accordance with Heb. idiom : cf. Judith 8%] : In a will of B.c. 123 preserved in the Gizeh-Museum (Inv. Nr. 10388), and published by GH in Archiv i. p. 63 ff., the testator leaves practically the whole of his property to his wife, while his two sons receive nothing but a bed apiece (or perhaps a mattress and bed jointly)—® πλὴν στρώματος ἑνὸς kal κλείνης τορυνευτῆς a. The inequality of the disposition leads the editors to remark that ‘‘the bequest of a bed may well have been the Egyptian method of cutting off with a shilling.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κλίνη (klinē) — bed. κλῑν-η, ἡ, κλίνω ) that on which one lies, couch, used at meals or for a bed, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλίνην στρῶσαι to make up a couch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ κλίνης ἀνίστασθαι, after illness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. bier, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. grave-niche, [Refs]
II. ἱερὰ κ., = Latin lectisternium, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κ. τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος, of a ceremonial banquet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. generally, banquet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]