ἀνακλίνω
anaklínō · G347 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to lay down, to lay
To cause someone to lie down
ExamplesLuke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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to cause to recline to eat, to have someone sit down to eat
To cause someone to assume a reclining (or possibly sitting) position as part of the process of eating
ExamplesMatthew 14:19 And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up toward heaven. He blessed the food and breaking the loaves, He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Mark 6:39 And He ordered them all to recline by groups on the green grass.
Luke 12:37 “Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will prepare himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and he will come up and serve them.
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to recline, to eat, to be at table, to eat, to dine, to sit down to eat
To be in a reclining position as one eats (with the focus either upon the position or the act of eating)
ExamplesMatthew 8:11 “And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;
Luke 13:29 “And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
How it’s used In 4 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
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: they 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- πᾶςall, every, each 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἐνin+ βασιλείαkingdom, reign 2
- ἐπίon+ χόρτοςgrass 2
- ἐνin+ φάτνηfeed box 1
- μετάwith, after+ ἈβραάμAbraham 1
- μετάwith, after+ ἸακώβJacob 1
- μετάwith, after+ ἸσαάκIsaac 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπιτάσσωto order 1
- κελεύωto order 1
- λέγωto say 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀναπίπτω anapíptō · G377 · to recline, to eat, to be at table
- Both denote reclining at a meal, with ἀνακλίνω emphasizing the act of causing or arranging someone to recline (often transitive or middle voice in causative sense) and ἀναπίπτω emphasizing the act of reclining or falling back into position (intransitive), creating a near-synonym relationship in the domain of dining posture.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To recline, to eat, to be at table, to eat, to dine, to sit down to eat17.23
- In Matthew 8:11, Jesus says that “many will come from east and west, and recline at the table (anaklithḗsontai) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,” describing the posture of the messianic banquet.
- To cause to recline to eat, to have someone sit down to eat17.24
- In Matthew 14:19, before the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus is “ordering the crowds to sit down (anaklithē̃nai) on the grass,” describing the causative act of having others take a seated position to eat.
- To lay down, to lay17.28
- In Luke 2:7, Mary “wrapped Him in cloths, and laid (anéklinen) Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn,” describing the act of laying an infant down, with no reference to dining.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : future ἀνακλινῶ; 1 aorist ἀνέκλινα; passive, 1 aorist ἀνεκλίθην; future ἀνακλιθήσομαι;…
a. to lay down: τινα, Lk 2:7 (ἐν (τῇ) φάτνη).
b. to make or bid to recline: Mk 6:39 (ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς, namely, the disciples, ἀνακλῖναι (ἀνακλιθῆναι L WH text) πάντας i. e. the people); Lk 9:15 (T Tr WH κατέκλιναν); . Passive, to lie back, recline, lie down: Mt 14:19; of those reclining at table and at feasts, Lk 7:30 (R G); ; Mt 8:11 — in the last two passages used figuratively of participation in future blessedness in the Messiah's kingdom.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 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
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