anakeimai · recline at table

What it means

anakeimai (ἀνακεῖμαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “recline at table”.

Eat.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lie at a meal.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reclining ×6
• those reclining at table ×3
• guests ×2
• reclines at table ×2
• as he reclined at table ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×3
• Luke×2
• John×4

• Matthew 9:10

  And it happened, as he was reclining at table in the house, that look, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

• Matthew 22:10

  And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was filled with guests.

• Matthew 22:11

  But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man not wearing a wedding garment.

• Matthew 26:7

  a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

• Matthew 26:20

  When evening came, he was reclining at table with the twelve disciples.

• Mark 6:26

  And the king, although he became deeply grieved, because of his oaths and those reclining at table, did not want to refuse her.

• Mark 14:18

  And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you that one of you will hand me over, the one who is eating with me.”

• Mark 16:14

  Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him raised.

• Luke 22:27

  For who is greater, the one who reclines at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

• John 6:11

  So Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed them to those who were reclining; likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

• John 12:2

  So they gave a dinner for him there, and Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.

• John 13:23

  One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining in Jesus’ bosom.

• John 13:28

  But no one of those reclining at table knew why he had said this to him.

And 1 more times.