Quick Definition
I make to recline, I recline at a table
Strong's Definition
to lean back
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G2827 (κλίνω);
KJV Usage: lay, (make) sit down
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνακλίνω: future ἀνακλινῶ; 1 aorist ἀνέκλινα; passive, 1 aorist ἀνεκλίθην; future ἀνακλιθήσομαι; (from Homer down); to lean against, lean upon;
a. to lay down: τινα, Luk_2:7 (ἐν (τῇ) φάτνη).
b. to make or bid to recline: Mar_6:39 (ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς, namely, the disciples, ἀνακλῖναι (ἀνακλιθῆναι L WH text) πάντας i. e. the people); Luk_9:15 (T Tr WH κατέκλιναν); . Passive, to lie back, recline, lie down: Mat_14:19; of those reclining at table and at feasts, Luk_7:30 (R G); ; Mat_8:11 in the last two passages used figuratively of participation in future blessedness in the Messiah's kingdom.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνακλίνω anaklinō 6x
to lay down, Luk_2:7 ; to cause to recline at table, etc. Mar_6:39 ; Luk_9:15 ; Luk_12:37 ; to recline at table, Mat_8:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνα -κλίνω ,
[in LXX : 3Ma_5:16 * ;]
to lay upon, lean against, hence,
(a) to lay down: Luk_2:7 ;
(b) to make to recline: Mar_6:39 , WH , mg ., Luk_12:37 . Pass ., to lie back, recline: Mat_8:11 ; Mat_14:19 , Luk_13:29 .†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι G345 ( q.v. ), ἀναπίπτω G377 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνακλίνω [page 34]
The NT writers use ἀνακλίνεσθαι , to recline at a table, instead of the classical παρα - and κατα -κλίνεσθαι , in a way which suggests that this usage was characteristic of the common speech, though we are unable to illustrate it. Sir W. M. Ramsay has drawn our attention to the fact that in the anti-Christian Society of Tekmoreioi at Pisidian Antioch the President was πρωτανακλίτης , who sits in the chief place at table, and he takes this as an indication that the ritual feast was moulded on the Eucharist. For such imitations as marking the pagan reaction about A.D. 304 13, see his Pauline and other Studies , p. 103 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνακλίνω "to lean" one thing "upon" another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίηι ἀγκλίνας "having laid it" on the ground, Il. :—Pass. "to lean back, to lie on one's back, recline", Lat. resupinari, Od. "to push back" a trap-door, "to open" it, Hom. , Hdt. Hence
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-κλίνω
[in LXX: 3Ma.5:16 * ;]
to lay upon, lean against, hence,
__(a) to lay down: Luk.2:7;
__(b) to make to recline: Mrk.6:39, WH, mg., Luk.12:37. Pass., to lie back, recline: Mat.8:11 14:19, Luk.13:29.†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀναπίπτω (AS)