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κλίνω

To bow/lay down

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κλίνω G2827
Pronunciation klínō

What does κλίνω (klínō) mean in the Bible?

κλίνω (klínō) is a Greek word meaning "to bow/lay down". κλίνω [in LXX chiefly for נָטָה ;] __1.

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Meaning

to bow/lay down
Extended definition

Bowing of head signals submission, surrender, or life's end; declining describes day's passage toward darkness.

1to make to bend, to bow: τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jhn.19:30; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Luk.24:5.
2to make to lean, to rest: τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.
3As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς, Heb.11:34.
4In late Gk. (as mid, in cl.), to decline: intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα, Luk.9:12 24:29.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Present Perfect Aorist
Voices
Active
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Present Active Matt 8:20 · Luke 9:58 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Luke 9:12 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Luke 24:5 1×
Aorist Active John 19:30 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Perfect Active Luke 24:29 1×
Aorist Active Heb 11:34 1×
7 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 resultant 1 subjunctive 2 infinitive 1 participle 2
Tense
present 4 aorist 2 perfect 1
Voice
active 7
Mood
indicative 2 participle 2 subjunctive 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 8:20 κλίνῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 9:12 κλίνειν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 9:58 κλίνῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 24:29 κέκλικεν perfect active indicative resultant Luke 24:5 κλινουσῶν present active participle participle John 19:30 κλίνας aorist active participle participle Hebrews 11:34 ἔκλιναν aorist active indicative completed

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
John 19:30 bowed klínō Participle · Aorist Active
to bow the head in death, final gesture of expiration
Matthew 8:20 lay klínō
to recline or rest one's head during sleep or repose
Luke 24:29 declined klínō Indicative · Perfect Active
to incline downward, of day declining toward evening
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

κλίνω · κεφαλή G2827, G2776
bowing the head
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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