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Greek · G3361, G2625

μὴ κατακλιθῇς

Not · to sit

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μή G3361 not
Pronunciation mḗ
Subjective negation: denies what one thinks or believes, not absolute fact; used with non-indicative moods
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κατακλίνω G2625 to sit
Pronunciation kataklínō
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What does μὴ κατακλιθῇς (mē kataklithēs) mean in the Bible?

μή · κατακλίνω is a Greek phrase meaning "do not recline, do not take your place".

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What does μή · κατακλίνω mean in the Bible?

μή · κατακλίνω is a Greek phrase meaning "do not recline, do not take your place".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3361, G2625?

G3361, G2625 is connected to 1,036 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. do not recline, do not take your place

Strong's G3361, G2625
Lexical occurrences 1,036 verses Word forms 3 forms 1,036 references

Source Gloss

do not recline, do not take your place
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 1036
Matt 1:19 · Matt 1:20 · Matt 2:12 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 3:10 · Matt 5:13 · Matt 5:17 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:20 · Matt 5:26 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:42 · Matt 6:1 945×
Matt 7:9 · Matt 7:10 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 11:23 · Mark 2:19 · Luke 5:34 · Luke 10:15 · Luke 17:9 · Luke 18:7 · Luke 22:35 · John 3:4 · John 4:12 · John 4:33 · John 6:67 · John 7:31 · John 7:35 57×
Matt 18:10 · Matt 24:4 · Mark 13:5 · Mark 13:36 · Luke 11:35 · Luke 21:8 · Acts 5:26 · Acts 13:40 · Acts 23:10 · Acts 27:17 · Acts 27:29 · Acts 27:42 · 1 Cor 8:9 · 1 Cor 9:27 · 1 Cor 10:12 · 2 Cor 2:7 34×
1036 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 1
Tense
aorist 5
Voice
passive 3 active 2
Mood
indicative 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 7:36 κατεκλίθη aorist passive indicative completed Luke 9:14 Κατακλίνατε aorist active imperative imperative Luke 9:15 κατέκλιναν aorist active indicative completed Luke 14:8 κατακλιθῇς aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Luke 24:30 κατακλιθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive

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)

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

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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