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Lexicon :: Strong's G2827 - klinō

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κλίνω
Transliteration
klinō (Key)
Pronunciation
klee'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
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Strong’s Definitions

κλίνω klínō, 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2827 in the following manner: lay (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), be far spent (1x), turn to fight (1x), wear away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2827 in the following manner: lay (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), be far spent (1x), turn to fight (1x), wear away (1x).

  1. transitively

    1. to incline, bow

    2. to cause to fall back

    3. to recline

      1. in a place for repose

  2. intransitively

    1. to incline one's self

      1. of the declining of the day

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλίνω klínō, 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.
STRONGS G2827:
κλίνω; 1 aorist ἔκλινα; perfect κέκλικα;
1. transitive,
a. to incline, bow: τήν κεφαλήν, of one dying, John 19:30; τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, of the terrified, Luke 24:5.
b. equivalent to to cause to fall back: παρεμβολάς, Latininclinare acies, i. e. to turn to flight, Hebrews 11:34 (μάχην, Homer, Iliad 14, 510; Τρῳάς, 5, 37; Ἀχαιους, Odyssey 9, 59).
c. to recline: τήν κεφαλήν, in a place for repose (A. V. lay one's head), Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58.
2. intransitive, to incline oneself (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1): of the declining day (A. V. wear away, be far spent), Luke 9:12; Luke 24:29; Jeremiah 6:4; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τό τρίτον μέρος τῆς νικτος, Polybius 3, 93, 7; ἐγκλινατος τοῦ ἡλίου ἐς ἑσπέραν, Arrian anab. 3, 4, 2. (Compare: ἀνακλίνω, ἐκκλίνω, κατακλίνω, προσκλίνω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
6:4
Matthew
8:20
Luke
9:12; 9:58; 24:5; 24:29
John
19:30
Hebrews
11:34

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Strong's Number G2827 matches the Greek κλίνω (klinō),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Sychem all these words; and their heart turned after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Sampson said, Let my life perish with the Philistines: and he [fn]bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson slew in his death were more than those whom he slew in his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now thine heart, and [fn]quit thyself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - And they came as far as Jebus: and the day had far advanced, and the young man said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us lodge in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and [fn]the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - (LXX 19:15) And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And Ezekias said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward [fn]on the dial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has given me favour in the eyes of the king, and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my humiliation; and when I had rent my garments, then I trembled, and I bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the Lord our God has not deserted us; and he has extended favour to us in the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that they should raise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 - (LXX 16:6) I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 - (LXX 17:10) And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 - (LXX 20:12) For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - (LXX 30:3) Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 - (LXX 44:11) Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - (LXX 45:7) The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - (LXX 48:5) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my [fn]riddle on the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - (LXX 61:4) How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - (LXX 70:2) In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - (LXX 74:9) For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has [fn]turned it from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - (LXX 77:1) A Psalm of [fn]instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - (LXX 85:1) A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; for I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2 - (LXX 87:3) Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - (LXX 101:3) Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - (LXX 101:12) My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - (LXX 103:5) Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:2 - (LXX 114:2) Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 - (LXX 118:36) Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - (LXX 118:112) I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, [fn]in return for thy mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 - (LXX 143:5) O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - It reels as a drunkard and one oppressed with wine, and the earth shall be shaken as a storehouse of fruits; for iniquity has prevailed upon it, and it shall fall, and shall not be able to rise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the sabbath-day, and ye shall do no work: sanctify the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - (LXX 41:14) When six years are accomplished, thou shalt set free thy brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to thee: for he shall serve thee six years, and then thou shalt let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - (LXX 42:15) And I sent to you my servants the prophets, saying, Turn ye every one from his evil way, and amend your practices, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell upon the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: but ye inclined not your ears, and hearkened not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5 - (LXX 51:5) But they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 - (LXX 31:12) Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolation, and that of thy city on which thy name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy manifold compassions, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave asunder, half of it toward the east and the west, a very great division; and half the mountain shall lean to the north, and half of it to the south.
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