κλισία, κλισίας, ἡ (κλίνω; from Homer down; properly, a place for lying down or reclining; hence, 1. a hut, erected to pass the night in. 2. a tent. 3. anything 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 plural, Luk_9:14, on which cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (214); likewise in Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 12; Plutarch Sert. 26.

κλισία klisia 1x pr. a place for reclining; a tent, seat, couch; in NT a group of persons reclining at a meal. Luk_9:14

κλισία , -ας , ή ( < κλίνω ), [in LXX : 3Ma_6:31 A * ;] 1. a place for reclining; hence, (a) a hut; (b) an easy chair; ( c ) a couch. 2. a company reclining: pl., Luk_9:14 ( cf. FlJ , Ant., xii, 2, 12).

κλισία [page 349] Syll 737 .74 ( c. A.D. 175) ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίαν κλισίαν ἐρχόμενος .The same meaning of couch with reference to a banquet occurs bis in Aristeas 183. See also Kaibel 810 .7 f. Βάκχου γὰρ κλισίαις με συνέστιον ἐστεφάνωσεν , εἰς ἐμὲ τὸν κυλίκων ὄνκον ἐφελκομένη . Bacchi sedibus me Victnam posuit eoque effecit, ut iam potatores gravia pocula mihi obferant et propinent (Ed.). For the plur. = companies, as in Luk_9:14 , cf. 3Ma_6:31 .

κλισία "a place for lying down", hence "a hut, cot, cabin", such as besiegers lived in during long sieges, Il. :—that they were not "tents", but "wooden huts", appears from Il. 24.448 sq.; and when an army broke up, it burnt them on the spot, Od. 8.501 "a couch or easy chair", Od. , Pind. "a bed, nuptial bed", Eur. "a company" of people "sitting at meals", NTest. "a reclining or lying", Plut.

κλισία, -ας, ή (κλίνω), [in LXX: 3Ma.6:31 A* ;] __1. a place for reclining; hence, __(a) a hut; __(b) an easy chair; __(with) a couch. __2. a company reclining: pl., Luk.9:14 (cf. FlJ, Ant., xii, 2, 12) (AS)