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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 - So his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the [fn]leaders of Shechem; and [fn]they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our relative.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - And Samson said, “Let [fn]me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed outwards powerfully, so that the house fell on the governors and all the people who were in it. And the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed during his lifetime.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - Now on the fifth day he got up to go early in the morning, but the girl’s father said, “Please strengthen [fn]yourself, and wait until [fn]late afternoon”; so both of them ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man got up to go, along with his concubine and servant, 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 so that your heart may be cheerful. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey and go [fn]home.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant said to his master, “Please come, and let’s 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 to flee in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them while those who attacked from the cities were annihilating them in the midst of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - Then the Philistines drew up in battle formation to meet Israel. When the battle [fn]spread, Israel was [fn]defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - So the people loudly rushed upon the spoils, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - So he turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 -

“He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab because Joab had followed Adonijah, though he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended favor to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty officials. So I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God that was upon me, and I gathered [fn]leading men from Israel to go up with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening offering I stood up from my [fn]humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD my God;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not abandoned us, but has extended favor to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to erect the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 -

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

And pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 -

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

Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 -

He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 -

Though they [fn]intended evil against You

And devised a plot,

They will not succeed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 -

Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;

Be a rock of [fn]strength for me,

A [fn]stronghold to save me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 -

Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:

Forget your people and your father’s house;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 -

The [fn]nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;

He [fn]raised His voice, the earth quaked.

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 attack a man,

That you may murder him, all of you,

Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 -

In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;

Extend Your ear to me and help me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 -

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

It is [fn]well mixed, and He pours out of this;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.

Listen, 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, LORD, 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!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 -

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

Incline Your ear to me;

On the day when I call answer me quickly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 -

My days are like a [fn]lengthened shadow,

And [fn]I wither away like [fn]grass.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 -

He established the earth upon its foundations,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:2 -

Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 -

Incline my heart to Your testimonies,

And not to dishonest gain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 -

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes

Forever, even to the end.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 -

Bend down Your heavens, LORD, 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 the LORD;

He turns it wherever He pleases.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth trembles like a heavy drinker

And sways like a hut,

For its wrongdoing is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 -

Your ship’s tackle hangs slack;

It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

Those who limp will take the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 -

[fn]Prepare for war against her;

Arise, and let’s [fn]attack at noon.

Woe to us, for the day declines,

For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

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, just as I commanded your [fn]forefathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every person from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not follow other gods to worship them. Then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; 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 wickedness, so as not to burn [fn]sacrifices to other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not [fn]presenting our pleas before You based on [fn]any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - On 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 [fn]in its middle from east to west forming a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south.
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