ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΚΛΙΝΟΝΤΟ, προκατεκλινοντο
PROKATEKLINONTO, prokateklinonto
Sounds Like: pro-ka-te-KLI-non-to
Translations: they were reclining beforehand, they were reclining in advance, they were taking their places beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from the prefixes πρό (pro, 'before, in front of') and κατά (kata, 'down, against'), and the verb κλίνω (klinō, 'to recline, to lean'). It means to recline or take one's place beforehand, often in preparation for a meal or gathering where people would recline on couches. The imperfect tense indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Middle/Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G4269 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΚΛΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΚΛΙΝΩ — to recline beforehand, to lie down first, to take the first place
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΚΛΙΝΩΝ — reclining before, lying down before, one who reclines before
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