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Strong's G2827 · Greek

κλίνω

klino · klee'-no

a primary verb; to slant or slope, i.e. incline or recline (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κλίνω (G2827)

7 κλίνω , [in LXX chiefly for נטה ;] to make to bend , to bow : τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jo 19:30 ; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Lk 24:5 . to make to lean , to rest : τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mt 8:20 , Lk 9:58 . As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς , He 11:34 . In late Gk. (as mid. in cl.), to decline : intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα , Lk 9:12 24:29 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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