ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ, ἀνακειμενον
ANAKEIMENON, anakeimenon
Sounds Like: ah-nah-KEE-meh-non
Translations: reclining, lying at table, sitting at table, lying down, placed, set up, a reclining one, a thing set up
From the root: ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, neuter singular, of the verb 'ἀνάκειμαι' (anakeimai). It is a compound word formed from 'ἀνά' (ana), meaning 'up' or 'back', and 'κεῖμαι' (keimai), meaning 'to lie' or 'to be placed'. It describes someone or something that is in a reclining position, especially at a meal, as was customary in ancient times. It can also refer to something that is set up or placed in a particular location.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0345 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 3:36
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Tobit — 9:6
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.
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ — reclining, lying, sitting at table, a guest, those reclining
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗ — lying down, reclining, set apart, dedicated, a reclining one, a dedicated one
- ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — reclining, lying, lying down, a reclining, a lying down
- 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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