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Strong's #2827: klino (pronounced klee'-no)

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.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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klinō

1) transitively

1a) to incline, bow

1b) to cause to fall back

1c) to recline

1c1) in a place for repose

2) intransitively

2a) to incline one' s self

2a1) of the declining of the day

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a root word




Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

Matthew 8:20: "hath not where to lay his head."
Luke 9:12: "when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve,"
Luke 9:58: "hath not where to lay his head."
Luke 24:5: "were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth,"
Luke 24:29: "and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with"
John 19:30: "he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
Hebrews 11:34: "valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens."









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