Strong's Concordance klisia: a place for reclining Original Word: κλισία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: klisia Phonetic Spelling: (klee-see'-ah) Short Definition: a dining couch, group of diners Definition: properly: a dining couch; hence: a group of diners. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2828: κλισίακλισία, κλισίας, ἡ (κλίνω; from Homer down; properly, a place for lying down or reclining; hence, 1. a hut, erected to pass the night in. 2. a tent. 3. anything to recline on; a chair in which to lean back the head, reclining-chair. 4. a company reclining; a row or party of persons reclining at meal: so in plural, Luke 9:14, on which cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (214); likewise in Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 12; Plutarch Sert. 26. From a derivative of klino; properly, reclination, i.e. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal -- company. see GREEK klino Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 28281 Occurrence κλισίας — 1 Occ. Luke 9:14 N-AFP GRK: Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ὡσεὶ ἀνὰ NAS: Have them sit down [to eat] in groups of about KJV: by fifties in a company. INT: Make sit down them groups of about in |
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