ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ, ἀνακειμενα
ANAKEIMENA, anakeimena
Sounds Like: ah-na-KEE-meh-na
Translations: reclining, lying, sitting at table, a guest, those reclining
From the root: ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle of the verb 'ἀνάκειμαι' (anakeimai), meaning 'to recline' or 'to lie back'. It is often used in the context of people reclining at a meal, which was a common practice in ancient times. Therefore, it can refer to 'guests' or 'those who are reclining at a table'. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀνά' (ana, 'up, back') and 'κεῖμαι' (keimai, 'to lie, to be laid').
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Present, Middle or Passive
Strong’s number: G0345 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:78
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗ — lying down, reclining, set apart, dedicated, a reclining one, a dedicated one
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — reclining, lying, lying down, a reclining, a lying down
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — reclining, lying at table, sitting at table, lying down, placed, set up, a reclining one, a thing set up
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — reclining, lying at table, one who reclines, a guest
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those reclining, those at table, guests, a guest
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΩ — reclining, lying, sitting at table, a guest, one who reclines
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to recline, to lie down, to be seated at a meal, to be at table
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΤΑΙ — reclines, lies, is laid, is laid up, is set, is situated
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