ἘΠΙΚΛΙΝΕΙ, ἐπικλινει
EPIKLINEI, epiklinei
Sounds Like: ep-ee-KLEE-nay
Translations: to incline, to lean, to bend, to turn, to turn aside
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of inclining, leaning, or bending towards something or someone. It can also mean to turn or turn aside. It is often used to describe a physical posture or movement, but can also be used metaphorically to indicate a tendency or disposition towards something.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 10:187
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΛΙΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΚΛΙΝΕ — inclined, leaned, bent, turned aside
- ἘΠΙΚΛΙΝΑΙ — to incline, to bend, to turn towards, to lean, to bow down
- ἘΠΙΚΛΙΝΩΝ — leaning upon, inclining, bowing down, resting upon
- ΕΠΕΚΛΙΝΕ — he leaned, he inclined, he bent, he bowed, he rested
- ΕΠΙΚΛΙΝΩ — to lean upon, to incline, to bend, to bow down
- ΕΠΙΚΛΙΝΩΝ — leaning upon, reclining upon, resting upon, bending towards, inclining towards
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