Quick Definition
I lie down, recline, fall back upon
Strong's Definition
to fall back, i.e. lie down, lean back
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G4098 (πίπτω);
KJV Usage: lean, sit down (to meat)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναπίπτω: 2 aorist ἀνέπεσον, 3 person plural ἀνέπεσον Mar_6:40 (T Tr WH ἀνέπεσαν); Joh_6:10 (L T Tr WH ἀνέπεσαν), infinitive ἀναπεσεῖν, imperative ἀνάπεσε Luk_14:10 (Rec. ἀνάπεσον from 1 aorist ἀνέπεσα ((Griesbach ἀνάπεσαι i. e. 1 aorist middle imperative))); Luk_17:7 (R G ἀνάπεσαι, cf. WH. Appendix, p. 164; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; see πίπτω, participle ἀναπεσών; cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 1, p. 73 (71); (Buttmann, 39f (34f), 67 (59); from Euripides down); to lie back, lie down: absolutely, Mar_6:40; Joh_6:10 (namely, on the ground); ἐπί τήν γῆν, Mat_15:35; ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mar_8:6. In later Greek (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 216; (Winer's Grammar, 23 (22))) for ἀνακλίνομαι to recline at table: Luk_11:37; Luk_14:10; Luk_17:7; Luk_22:14; Joh_13:12; Joh_21:20 (others refer this to the following meaning). to lean back, Joh_13:25 L Tr WH. (It denotes an act rather than a state, and in the last passage differs from ἀνάκειμαι, Joh_13:23, by indicating a change of position.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναπίπτω anapiptō 12x
to fall or recline backwards; to recline at table, etc., Luk_11:37 ; to throw one s self back, Joh_21:20 recline; sit down.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα -πίπτω ,
[in LXX : Gen_49:9 ( H3766 ) Tob_2:1 ; Tob_7:8 , Jdt_12:10 , Sir_25:18 ; Sir_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 , s.v. ): at table, Luk_11:37 ; Luk_14:10 ; Luk_17:7 ; Luk_22:14 , Joh_13:12 ; Joh_21:20 ; on the ground, Mat_15:35 Mar_6:40 ; Mar_8:6 Joh_6:10 ; to lean back, Joh_13:25 ( T , ἐπιπεσών ; see ἀνάκειμαι , ad fin. ).†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι G345 ( q.v. ), ἀνακλίνομαι G347 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναπίπτω [page 37]
For the later meaning lie down, recline, of which there is no instance in Attic Greek (Rutherford NP p. 294), see P Par 51 .4 ff. (B.C. 160) (= Selections p. 19), ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾽ ἄχυρον . . . ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός . (On the irregular voice, see Proleg. p. 159). Cf. LXX Gen_49:9 ἀναπεσὼν ἐκοιμήθης ὡς λέων : see Anz Subsidia , p. 301 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀναπίπτω "to fall back", Aesch. "to fall back, give ground", Thuc. : "to flag, lose heart", Lat. concidere animo, Dem. of a plan, "to be given up", id=Dem. "to recline" at table, like ἀνάκειμαι, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)