What does κλίνη (klínē) mean in the Bible?
κλίνη (klínē) is a Greek word meaning "a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)".
Greek · G2825
κλίνη
A couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
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κλίνη G2825
Pronunciation klínē
What does κλίνη (klínē) mean in the Bible?
κλίνη (klínē) is a Greek word meaning "a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2825?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a bed (2), a mat (2), bed (2), a bed of sickness (1), couches for dining (1).
Where does κλίνη (klínē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Mark (3), Matthew (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a bed 2× Mark 4:21, Luke 8:16
a mat 2× Matthew 9:2, Luke 5:18
bed 2× Mark 7:30, Luke 17:34
a bed of sickness 1× Revelation 2:22
couches for dining 1× Mark 7:4
mat 1× Matthew 9:6
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 9:2 κλίνης to a mat Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Matthew 9:6 κλίνην to mat Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 4:21 κλίνην to a bed Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 7:4 κλινῶν to couches for dining Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Mark 7:30 κλίνην to bed Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 5:18 κλίνης to a mat Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 8:16 κλίνης to a bed Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 17:34 κλίνης to bed Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 2:22 κλίνην to a bed of sickness Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:2
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 3 Luke 3 Revelation 1
Source forms
κλίνην 4x klinēn Matthew 9:6, Mark 4:21, Mark 7:30, Revelation 2:22
κλίνης 4x klinēs Matthew 9:2, Luke 5:18, Luke 8:16, Luke 17:34
κλινῶν 1x klinōn Mark 7:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 9:6, Mark 4:21, Mark 7:30, Revelation 2:22
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 9:2, Luke 5:18, Luke 8:16, Luke 17:34
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Mark 7:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
Strong's G2825
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 3 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κλίνης klinhv
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Matthew 9:6 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλίνην, klinhn
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Mark 4:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλίνην; klinhn
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Mark 7:4 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
κλινῶν. klinwn
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Mark 7:30 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κλίνης. klinhv
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Luke 5:18 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κλίνης klinhv
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Luke 8:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κλίνης klinhv
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Luke 17:34 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κλίνης klinhv
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Acts 5:15 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
κλινῶν klinwn
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verse Revelation 2:22 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλίνην, klinhn
a couch, bed, mat, bier
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:2 · Luke 5:18 · Luke 8:16 · Luke 17:34 4×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 7:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:6 · Mark 4:21 · Mark 7:30 · Rev 2:22 4×
Word Origins
κλίνη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain