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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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s [fn]relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem; and [fn]they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our [fn]relative.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he bent with his strength so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he put to death by his death were more than those whom he put to death in his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - And on the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain [fn]yourself and wait until [fn]afternoon”; so both of them ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - Then the man arose to go along with his concubine and young man, and his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn [fn]to a close; please spend the night. Behold, the day is [fn]coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go to your tent.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - They were alongside of Jebus, and the day was almost gone. And the young man said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel. Then the battle spread, and Israel was [fn]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 men on the battlefield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - So the people [fn]rushed greedily upon the spoil, and they took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - Thus he inclined the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so they sent word to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 -

“He bowed the heavens and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to [fn]reproach the living God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So [fn]Hezekiah [fn]answered, “It is easy for the shadow to stretch forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God upon me, and I gathered [fn]chief men from Israel to go up with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening offering I arose from my [fn]affliction, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees and stretched out my [fn]hands to Yahweh my God;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; yet in our slavery our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 -

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 -

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;

Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 -

He bowed the heavens and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 -

Though they [fn]intended evil against You

And devised a scheme,

They will not succeed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 -

Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;

Be to me a rock of [fn]strength,

A fortress to save me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 -

Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:

Forget your people and your father’s house;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 -

The [fn]nations roar, the kingdoms shake;

He gives His voice, the earth melts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 -

I will incline my ear to a proverb;

I will [fn]express my riddle on the harp.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 -

How long will you assail a man,

That you may murder him, all of you,

Like a leaning wall, like a fence thrust down?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 -

In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;

Incline Your ear to me and save me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 -

For a cup is in the hand of Yahweh, and the wine foams;

It is full of His mixture, and He pours from this;

Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.

Give ear, O my people, to my [fn]instruction;

Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 -

A Prayer of David.

Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me;

For I am afflicted and needy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2 -

Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry of lamentation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 -

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;

Incline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call answer me quickly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 -

My days are like an outstretched shadow,

And as for me, I dry up like [fn]grass.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 -

He founded the earth upon its place,

So that it will not [fn]shake forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:2 -

Because He has inclined His ear to me,

So I shall call upon Him in all my days.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 -

Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies

And not to dishonest gain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 -

I have inclined my heart to do Your statutes

Forever, to the end.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 -

O Yahweh, bow Your heavens, and come down;

Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 -

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh;

He turns it wherever He pleases.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard

And it totters like a [fn]shack,

For its transgression is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 -

Your cords hang slack;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

The lame will take the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 -

“Set yourselves apart for war against her;

Arise, and let us go up at noon.

Woe to us, for the day declines,

For the shadows of the evening stretch out!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - “You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall let his Hebrew brother go who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you six years, and you shall let him go to be free from you; but your fathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “Also I have sent to you all My slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and make good your deeds, and do not walk after other gods to [fn]serve them. Then you will inhabit the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5 - ‘But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their evil, so as not to burn incense to other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 -

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter [fn]his jars.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, incline Your ear and listen! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not [fn]presenting our supplications before You on account of any righteousness of our own, but on account of Your abundant compassion.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
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