κατακλίνω

kataklinō · have recline

Greek word · Strong’s number G2625 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

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

  1. 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

Related words

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.