G2827

κλίνω

klinōG:V

to bow/lay down

κλίνω [in LXX chiefly for נָטָה ;] __1. to make to bend, to bow: τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jhn.19:30; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Luk.24:5. __2. to make to lean, to rest: τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58. __3. As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς, Heb.11:34. __4. In late Gk. (as mid, in cl.), to decline: intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα, Luk.9:12 24:29.† (AS)

The KJV translates G2827 in the following manner:

lay (4x), away (2x), bowed (2x), down (2x), flight (2x), spent (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κλίνω — klínō

κλίνω; 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα;

1. transitive,

a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, Joh 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Luk 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), Mat 8:20; Luk 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), Luk 9:12; Luk 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.)

7 occurrences

Matthew (1), Luke (4), John (1), Hebrews (1)