Lexicon / G2827
κλίνω
klinō
  • to bow/lay down
  • to make to bend
  • to bow
  • to make to lean
  • to rest
  • to turn

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: 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)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to make to bend; to bow; to make to lean; to rest; to turn

to make to bend; to bow; to make to lean; to rest; to turn; to decline