2827. klinó

Strong's Concordance

klinó: to cause to bend

Original Word: κλίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: klinó
Phonetic Spelling: (klee'-no)
Definition: to cause to bend
Usage: trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline; I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to cause to bend
NASB Translation
bowed (2), ending (1), lay (2), nearly over (1), put to flight (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2827: κλίνω

κλίνω; 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα;

1. transitive,

a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, John 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Luke 24:5.

b. equivalent to to cause to fall back: παρεμβολάς, Latininclinare acies, i. e. to turn to flight, Hebrews 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), Matthew 8:20; Luke 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), Luke 9:12; Luke 24:29; Jeremiah 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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cause to bow down, bend, wear away.

A primary verb; to slant or slope, i.e. Incline or recline (literally or figuratively) -- bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away.

Forms and Transliterations

εκλίθησαν έκλινα εκλιναν έκλιναν ἔκλιναν έκλινε έκλινεν έκλινον κεκλικεν κέκλικεν κεκλικυία κεκλικώς κεκλιμένω κλιθήσεται κλίναι κλινας κλίνας κλίνατε κλινεί κλινειν κλίνειν κλινη κλίνη κλίνῃ κλίνον κλίνοντας κλίνουσιν κλινουσων κλινουσών κλινουσῶν κλινώ κλίνω κλίτει κλίτεσι κλίτη κλίτος κλίτους κλιτών κλοιόν κλοιού κλοιούς κλοιώ κλοιών eklinan éklinan kekliken kékliken klinas klínas kline klinē klínei klínēi klinein klínein klinouson klinousôn klinousōn klinousō̂n

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 8:20 V-PSA-3S
GRK: τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ
NAS: has nowhere to lay His head.
KJV: not where to lay [his] head.
INT: the head he might lay

Luke 9:12 V-PNA
GRK: ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν προσελθόντες δὲ
NAS: Now the day was ending, and the twelve
KJV: began to wear away, then
INT: [the] day began to decline having come moreover

Luke 9:58 V-PSA-3S
GRK: τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ
NAS: has nowhere to lay His head.
KJV: not where to lay [his] head.
INT: the head he might lay

Luke 24:5 V-PPA-GFP
GRK: αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὰ πρόσωπα
NAS: and as [the women] were terrified and bowed their faces
KJV: and bowed down [their] faces
INT: of them and bowing the faces

Luke 24:29 V-RIA-3S
GRK: ἐστὶν καὶ κέκλικεν ἤδη ἡ
NAS: is now nearly over. So
KJV: the day is far spent. And
INT: it is and has declined now the

John 19:30 V-APA-NMS
GRK: Τετέλεσται καὶ κλίνας τὴν κεφαλὴν
NAS: It is finished! And He bowed His head
KJV: and he bowed his head,
INT: It has been finished and having bowed the head

Hebrews 11:34 V-AIA-3P
GRK: πολέμῳ παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων
NAS: mighty in war, put foreign armies
KJV: fight, turned to flight the armies
INT: war [the] armies made to give way of foreigners

Strong's Greek 2827
7 Occurrences

ἔκλιναν — 1 Occ.
κέκλικεν — 1 Occ.
κλίνας — 1 Occ.
κλίνῃ — 2 Occ.
κλίνειν — 1 Occ.
κλινουσῶν — 1 Occ.