Quick Definition
κλισία, ας, ἡ n.f. a dining couch, group of diners
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 2827; properly, reclination, i.e. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal
KJV Usage: company
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | κλίνω
11.5 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · General
a group eating together a group of persons engaged in eating together Note that Luke employs κλισίας in essentially the same type of context in which Mark uses συμπόσια.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλισία, -as, 7, (κλίνω) ; fr. Hom. down; prop. a place for lying down or reclining; hence 1. a hut, erected to pass the night in. 2. a tent. 3. any thing to recline on; a chair in which to lean back the head, reclining-chair. 4. a company reclining; a row or party of persons reclining at meal: so in plur., Lk. ix. 14, on which cf. W. 229 (214) ; likewise in Joseph. antt. 12, 2,12; Plut. Sert. 26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλισία klisia 1x
pr. a place for reclining; a tent, seat, couch; in NT a group of persons reclining at a meal. Lk. 9:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** κλισία, -ας, ἡ
(< κλίνω), [in LXX: III Mac 6:31 A*;]
a place for reclining; hence, a hut;
an easy chair;
a couch.
a company reclining: pl., Lk 9:14 (cf. FlJ, Ant., xii, 2, 12).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλισία. Syll 7377 (c. A.D. 175) ἐπ᾿ ἀλλοτρίαν κλισίαν ἐρχόμενος. The same meaning of ‘‘ couch” with reference to a banquet occurs δὲς in Aristeas 183. See also Kazbe/ 8107 — Βάκχου yap κλισίαις pe συνέστιον ἐστεφάνωσεν, εἰς ἐμὲ τὸν κυλίκων ὄνκον ἐφελκομένη. “ Bacchi sedibus me viciname posuit eoque effecit, ut tam polatores sravia pocula miht obferant et propinent” (Ed.). For the plur. = ‘‘companies,” as in Lk οἱ", cf. 3 Macc 651,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κλισία (klisia) — group. κλῐσία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, κλίνω) place for lying down or reclining: hence,
I. hut, shed, booth, 1. for use in peace, cot, cabin, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. for use in war, hut, κ. εὔπηκτος, εὔτυκτος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural, camp, [Refs]; πῦρ ἐν κλισίῃσι βαλόντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]: used by Trag. in Lyric poetry and anapaest meter, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of wine-shops, [Refs]; εὐσεβέων κλισίη, of the grave, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; chapel, ἡ κ. ἡ ἱερά [Refs]; compare κλεισία.
II. anything for lying or sitting upon, couch or easy chair, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. couch for reclining on at table, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; place on such couch, κ. ἄτιμος [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. nuptial bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. company of people sitting at meals, [NT]; banquet, εὐωχίαι τε καὶ κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; room for company, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. way of lying, decubitus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]