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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s brothers spoke all these words concerning him in the hearing of all the men of Shechem; and their heart was inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 - Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - Then he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, but the young woman’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they delayed until afternoon; and both of them ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when the man stood to depart—he and his concubine and his servant—his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is now drawing toward evening; please spend the night. See, the day is coming to an end; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go your way early, so that you may get home.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah, just as the heart of one man, so that they sent this word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Then news came to Joab, for Joab had defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom. So Joab fled to the tabernacle of the LORD, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 - I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 - For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Bow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of refuge,
A fortress of defense to save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 - Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - A Contemplation[fn] of Asaph.

Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - A Prayer of David.

Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2 - Let my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:2 - Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 - Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:112

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 - Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD,
Like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - “Prepare war against her;
Arise, and let us go up at noon.
Woe to us, for the day goes away,
For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - “nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you.” But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5 - ‘But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 - “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“That I shall send him wine-workers
Who will tip him over
And empty his vessels
And break the bottles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O 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 do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.
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