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κατακλίνω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κατακλίνω
Greek transliteration: 
kataklinō
Simplified transliteration: 
kataklino
Principal Parts: 
-, κατέκλινα, -, -, κατεκλίθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2625
GK Number: 
2884
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1c(2)
Gloss: 
(act.) to cause to sit; (pass.) to recline (at a table)
Definition: 
to cause to lie down, cause to recline, at table, Lk. 9:14, 15; mid. to lie down, recline, Lk. 7:36; 14:8; 24:30*

Greek-English Concordance for κατακλίνω

Luke 7:36 Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, so he (kateklithē | κατεκλίθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) went into the house of the Pharisee and took (kateklithē | κατεκλίθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) his place at table.
Luke 9:14 For there were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down (kataklinate | κατακλίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) in groups of about fifty each.”
Luke 9:15 And they did so, and had them all sit (kateklinan | κατέκλιναν | aor act ind 3 pl) down.
Luke 14:8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take (kataklithēs | κατακλιθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) a seat in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host,
Luke 24:30 When he was reclining (kataklithēnai | κατακλιθῆναι | aor pass inf ) at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.