ΣΥΝΚΛΙΣΟΝ, συνκλισον
SYNKLISON, synklison
Sounds Like: soon-KLEE-son
Translations: make recline, cause to recline, make sit down, cause to sit down, gather together, bring together
From the root: ΣΥΓΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΚΛΙΝΩ (klinō), meaning 'to cause to lean, incline, or recline'. Therefore, ΣΥΓΚΛΙΝΩ means 'to cause to recline together' or 'to make sit down together'. It is often used in the context of people sitting down to eat, especially in groups. The form ΣΥΝΚΛΙΣΟΝ is an aorist imperative, commanding someone to perform this action.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4789 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 29:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΓΚΛΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΚΛΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to recline with, to sit down with, to lie down with
- ΣΥΝΚΛΙΟΜΕΝΟΙ — reclining together, lying down together, sitting down together, gathering together, assembling
- ΣΥΝΚΛΙΟΝΤΕΣ — bending together, bowing together, reclining together, leaning together
- ΣΥΝΚΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will recline together, will lie down together, will sit down together
- ΣΥΝΚΛΙΣΟ — to recline together, to sit down together, to lie down together
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