κατακλίνω
kataklinō · have recline
Greek word · Strong’s number G2625 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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kataklinō (κατακλίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “have recline”.
Have people recline at table, make them sit down to eat; recline at table.
How to say it
ka·ta·kli·nō
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
- Lie down to eat; have others lie down.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- recline ×3
- reclined at table ×2
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 7:36
Now one of the Pharisees was asking him to eat with him, and going into the Pharisee’s house, he reclined at table.
- Luke 9:14
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them recline in groups of about fifty each.”
- Luke 9:15
And they did so, and made everyone recline.
- Luke 14:8
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you has been invited by him,
- Luke 24:30
And it happened, when he reclined at table with them, that taking the bread, he blessed it, and breaking it, he began giving it to them.