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Recline

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀνάκειμαι

(Strong's #345 — Verb — anakeimai — an-ak-i'-mahee )

lit., and in classical usage, "to be laid up, laid," denotes, in the NT, "to recline at table;" it is translated "reclining" in John 13:23 , RV (AV, "leaning"); cp. anapipto in John 13:25 , RV, "leaning back." See also John 13:12 , marg. See LEAN , SIT , TABLE (at the).

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Recline'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/recline.html. 1940.
 
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