κλίνω
klínō · G2827 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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To cause something to incline (to bow down (the head), to incline)
ExamplesJohn 19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
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to cause to run away, to put to flight, to rout
To cause to flee or run away from
ExamplesHebrews 11:34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
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to draw near, to draw to a close
To extend in time, with focus upon the end point
ExamplesLuke 9:12 Now the day was ending, and the twelve came up and said to Him, “Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; because here, we are in a secluded place.”
Luke 24:29 And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.
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to begin to end
To begin to come to an end, with particular reference to the period of a day (a figurative meaning dependent upon the position of the sun)
ExamplesLuke 9:12 Now the day was ending, and the twelve came up and said to Him, “Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; because here, we are in a secluded place.”
Luke 24:29 And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.
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to prostrate oneself before
(An idiom, literally: to incline the face to the ground) To prostrate oneself before someone as an act of reverence, fear, or supplication
ExamplesLuke 24:5 and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you seeking the living One among the dead?
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to lie down to rest, to lie down to sleep
(An idiom, literally: to lay down the head) To experience the rest which comes from sleep
ExamplesMatthew 8:20 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
Luke 9:58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἡμέραday 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- Not stated (participle) 2
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- κεφαλήhead 3
- παρεμβολήbarracks, camp 1
- πρόσωπονface 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto+ γῆearth 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ποῦwhere? 2
- ἤδηalready 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- נָטָה nâṭâh · H5186 · to be bowed, to be leaning, to bend
- Hebrew נָטָה and Greek κλίνω share the core semantic range of physical inclining, bending, or stretching (to bow down, extend, recline) as well as a metaphorical sense of turning aside or declining, reflecting genuine translation equivalence in the Septuagint where the Greek term renders both the literal and figurative senses of the Hebrew verb.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- To cause to run away, to put to flight, to rout15.65
- κλίνω can describe routing an enemy, causing them to flee in battle. Hebrews 11:34 recounts the faithful who, by faith, “became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight,” the κλίνω naming this routing of enemy forces in battle.
- To bow down (the head), to incline16.16
- The verb is also used of bowing or inclining the head. John 19:30 describes Jesus at His death: “He bowed His head and gave up His spirit,” the κλίνω naming this final inclining of His head.
- To prostrate oneself before17.21
- κλίνω can further describe bowing the whole body low to the ground in reverence or fear. Luke 24:5 describes the women at the empty tomb, who “bowed their faces to the ground” in terror before the angelic figures, their κλίνω naming this posture of prostration.
- To lie down to rest, to lie down to sleep23.83
- The verb also occurs in the idiom of laying one’s head down to rest. Matthew 8:20 has Jesus saying, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head,” κλίνω appearing within this idiom for having no place to rest.
- To draw near, to draw to a close67.118
- κλίνω can describe time itself drawing toward its end, as a day declining toward evening. Luke 9:12 notes that “the day was ending,” prompting the disciples to ask Jesus to dismiss the crowd, the κλίνω here naming this waning of the daylight hours.
- To begin to end68.51
- Closely related, the verb can mark a specific moment as having already come to its close. Luke 24:29 has the disciples at Emmaus urging Jesus to stay, “for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over,” the κλίνω naming the day’s having already come to its near conclusion.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root κλίνω
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα; 1. transitive, a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one…
1. transitive,
a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, Jn 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Lk 24:5.
b. equivalent to to cause to fall back: παρεμβολάς, Latininclinare acies, i. e. to turn to flight, Heb 11:34 (μάχην, Homer, Iliad 14, 510; Τρῳάς, 5, 37; Ἀχαιους, Odyssey 9, 59).
c. to recline: τήν κεφαλήν, in a place for repose (A. V. lay one's head), Mt 8:20; Lk 9:58.
2. intransitive, to incline oneself (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1): of the declining day (A. V. wear away, be far spent), Lk 9:12; Lk 24:29; Jer 6:4; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τό τρίτον μέρος τῆς νικτος, Polybius 3, 93, 7; ἐγκλινατος τοῦ ἡλίου ἐς ἑσπέραν, Arrian anab. 3, 4, 2. (Compare: ἀνακλίνω, ἐκκλίνω, κατακλίνω, προσκλίνω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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