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κλίνω

Strong’s: G2827

Associated OET lemmas: κλίνω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: κλίνω; pf.; κέκλικα

Related lemmas: ἀκλινής · ἀνακλίνω · ἀρχιτρίκλινος · ἐκκλίνω · κατακλίνω · κλίμα · κλινάριον · κλίνη · κλινίδιον · κλισία · προσκλίνομαι · πρόσκλισις · πρωτοκλισία

Sense 1: to bow down (the head), to incline

Semantic entry: 16.16

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: to cause something to incline

Notes: See also 23.83: κεφαλή / 23.83: κλίνω.

JHN 19:30: RV JHN 19:30 · LV JHN 19:30 · Read together JHN 19:30

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OET-RV JHN 19:30

30 After Yeshua had sucked some wine out, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

OET-LV JHN 19:30

30 Therefore when the Yaʸsous took the wine _vinegar, he _said:
It _has _been _finished.
And having _bowed the head, he _gave _over his spirit.

Sense 2: to cause to run away, to put to flight, to rout

Semantic entry: 15.65

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

Definition: to cause to flee or run away from

HEB 11:34: RV HEB 11:34 · LV HEB 11:34 · Read together HEB 11:34

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OET-RV HEB 11:34

34 survived the power of a fiery furnace untouched, escaped slashing swords, overcame their own weaknesses, became mighty warriors, and routed foreign armies.

OET-LV HEB 11:34

34 extinguished the_power of _fire, escaped the_mouths of_the_sword, were _enabled from weakness, were _become mighty in war, the_armies routed of _strangers.

Sense 3: to draw near, to draw to a close

Semantic entry: 67.118

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From

Definition: to extend in time, with focus upon the end point

Notes: For another interpretation of κλίνω in RV LUK 9:12 · LV LUK 9:12 · Read together LUK 9:12, see 68.51: κλίνω.

LUK 9:12: RV LUK 9:12 · LV LUK 9:12 · Read together LUK 9:12

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OET-RV LUK 9:12

12 As the day was coming to an end, the twelve approached him and said, “Send the crowd away so that they can go into the nearby towns and countryside to find somewhere to stay and something to eat, because this place is very isolated.”

OET-LV LUK 9:12

12 And the day began to _be _declining, and the twelve having _approached said to _him:
Send _away the crowd, in _order _that having _been _gone into the surrounding villages and country, they _may _lodge and they _may _find provisions, because we _are here in a_desolate place.

LUK 24:29: RV LUK 24:29 · LV LUK 24:29 · Read together LUK 24:29

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OET-RV LUK 24:29

29 but they urged him, “Come and stay with us because it’s almost evening and there’s not much daylight left.”

OET-LV LUK 24:29

29 And they _urged him saying:
Remain with us, because it _is toward evening, and the day has_ now _declined.
And he _came _in which to _remain with them.

Sense 4: to begin to end

Semantic entry: 68.51

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: to begin to come to an end, with particular reference to the period of a day (a figurative meaning dependent upon the position of the sun)

Notes: For another interpretation of κλίνω in RV LUK 9:12 · LV LUK 9:12 · Read together LUK 9:12, see 67.118: κλίνω / 67.118: προκόπτω / 67.118: συστέλλω.

LUK 9:12: RV LUK 9:12 · LV LUK 9:12 · Read together LUK 9:12

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OET-RV LUK 9:12

12 As the day was coming to an end, the twelve approached him and said, “Send the crowd away so that they can go into the nearby towns and countryside to find somewhere to stay and something to eat, because this place is very isolated.”

OET-LV LUK 9:12

12 And the day began to _be _declining, and the twelve having _approached said to _him:
Send _away the crowd, in _order _that having _been _gone into the surrounding villages and country, they _may _lodge and they _may _find provisions, because we _are here in a_desolate place.

LUK 24:29: RV LUK 24:29 · LV LUK 24:29 · Read together LUK 24:29

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OET-RV LUK 24:29

29 but they urged him, “Come and stay with us because it’s almost evening and there’s not much daylight left.”

OET-LV LUK 24:29

29 And they _urged him saying:
Remain with us, because it _is toward evening, and the day has_ now _declined.
And he _came _in which to _remain with them.

Sense 5: to prostrate oneself before

Semantic entry: 17.21

Semantic domains: Stances and Events Related to Stances

Subdomains: Prostrate as an Act of Reverence or Supplication

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to incline the face to the ground) to prostrate oneself before someone as an act of reverence, fear, or supplication

Collocations: κλίνω τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν

LUK 24:5: RV LUK 24:5 · LV LUK 24:5 · Read together LUK 24:5

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OET-RV LUK 24:5

5 The women were scared, and knelt down and bowed with their faces close to the ground, but the men asked them, “Why are you looking for the living in the place of the dead?

OET-LV LUK 24:5

5 And them having _become frightened, and bowing their faces to the ground, they _said to them:
Why are _you _all _seeking the_ living _one with the dead?

Sense 6: to lie down to rest, to lie down to sleep

Semantic entry: 23.83

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Tire, Rest

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to lay down the head) to experience the rest which comes from sleep

Notes: ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνω ‘the Son of Man has no place to lie down to rest’ RV MAT 8:20 · LV MAT 8:20 · Read together MAT 8:20, implies that Jesus possessed no permanent home. In RV JHN 19:30 · LV JHN 19:30 · Read together JHN 19:30 this same expression must be understood not as an idiom but as a case of literally bowing the head (see 16.16: κλίνω).

Collocations: τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνω

MAT 8:20: RV MAT 8:20 · LV MAT 8:20 · Read together MAT 8:20

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OET-RV MAT 8:20

20 “Foxes have burrows,” said Yeshua, “and birds have their nests, but the son of humanity doesn’t even have a place to lay his head.”

OET-LV MAT 8:20

20 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him:
- Foxes are _having burrows and the birds of _the sky nests, but the the_son of_ the _man is _having not somewhere he _may _be _laying his head.

LUK 9:58: RV LUK 9:58 · LV LUK 9:58 · Read together LUK 9:58

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OET-RV LUK 9:58

58 “Foxes have their burrows,” he responded, “and the birds have their nests, but the son of humanity has no home where he can lie down and relax.”

OET-LV LUK 9:58

58 And the Yaʸsous said to _him:
- foxes are _having burrows, and the birds of _the sky nests, but the son of_ the _man is_ not _having somewhere his head may _be _laying.