Quick Definition
I recline, cause to recline
Strong's Definition
to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2827 (κλίνω);
KJV Usage: (make) sit down (at meat)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατακλίνω: 1 aorist κατεκλινα; 1 aorist passive κατεκλιθην; from Homer down; in the N. T. in reference to eating, to make to recline: τινα, Luk_9:14 (also 15 T Tr WH) (ἐπί τό δεῖπνον, Xenophon, Cyril 2, 8, 21); middle, with 1 aorist passive, to recline (at table): Luk_7:36 L T Tr WH; ; εἰς τήν πρωτοκλισίαν, Luk_14:8 (εἰς τό ἐσθίειν, Jdt_12:15; εἰς τό δεῖπνον, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 8, 1 (variant)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακλίνω kataklinō 5x
to cause to lie down, cause to recline at table, Luk_9:14-15 ;
mid. to lie down, recline, Luk_7:36 ; Luk_14:8 ; Luk_24:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -κλίνω ,
[in LXX : Exo_21:18 ( H5307 ) , Num_24:9 , Jdg_5:27 , 1Sa_16:11 ( H3766 ), Jdt_12:15 , 3Ma_1:3 * ;]
to lay down, make to lie down, esp . for meals: c . acc pers ., Luk_9:14-15 ; mid ., to recline at meals: Luk_7:36 ; Luk_24:30 ; seq . εἰς , Luk_14:8 ( cf. Jth, Lc.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακλίνω [page 327]
This medical term (Hobart, p. 69 f.), 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 .29 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. 124 .26 (i/A.D.) ὥστε αὐτὴν κατακρινῆ ( l. κατακλινῆ ) εἶναι , so that she is laid up in bed (Edd.). The verb is found in Cagnat IV. 661 .21 (a will A.D. 85) ἵνα μόνοι οἱ παρόντες καὶ κατακλεινόμενοι βουλευταὶ λαμβάνωσι τὴν διανομὴν [τα ]ύτην : for the subst. cf. ib. .5 γείν [εσ ]θαι δὲ τὴν κατάκλισιν μηνὸς Πανήμου ἡμέρᾳ εὐδαιμοσύνης .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατακλίνω fut. -κλι^νῶ Pass., aor1 κατ-εκλίθην aor2 κατ-εκλίνην part. -κλι^νείς fut. -κλι^νήσομαι "to lay down", [δόρυ] κατακλίνας ἐπὶ γαίῃ, Od. ; κατ. τοὺς Πέρσας εἰς λειμῶνα "having made" them "recline" (for dinner) in a meadow, Hdt. ; κ. τινὰ εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ "to lay" a sick person in the temple of Aesculapius, that he might sleep there and so be cured, Ar. : —Pass. "to lie at table, sit at meat", Lat. accumbere, Hdt. , Ar. , etc. metaph. "to lay prostrate, overthrow", Theogn.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-κλίνω
[in LXX: Exo.21:18 (נָפַל), Num.24:9, Jdg.5:27, 1Ki.16:11 (כָּרַע), Jdth.12:15, 3Ma.1:3 * ;]
to lay down, make to lie down, esp. for meals: with accusative of person(s), Luk.9:14-15; mid., to recline at meals: Luk.7:36 24:30; before εἰς, Luk.14:8 (cf. Jth, Lc.).†
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