Anapiptō ἀναπίπτω

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Anapiptō
ἀναπίπτω
Transliterationanapiptō
Strong's numberG377
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto recline
Occurrences12 in 11 verses
Most frequent inLuke (4)

Anapiptō (Greek ἀναπίπτω, Strong's G377) is a Greek verb meaning “to recline”. It occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀνα-πίπτω
[in LXX: Gen.49:9 (כָּרַע) Tob.2:1 7:8, Jdth.12:10, Sir.25:18 32:2, Da TH Sus 1:37 * ;]
1. (cl.) to fall back.
2. In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, see word): at table, Luk.11:37 14:10 17:7 22:14, Jhn.13:12 21:20; on the ground, Mat.15:35 Mrk.6:40 8:6 Jhn.6:10; to lean back, Jhn.13:25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; see: ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.).†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀνακλίνομαι (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdown (6), sit down (2), meat (1), sit down to meat (1), leaned (1)
BSBsit down (3), reclined at the table (2), they sat down (1), sit (1), sit down to eat (1), sat down (1), he reclined with them (1), leaning (1), had leaned back (1)

Verses

Every verse with Anapiptō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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