- κλίνη
- κλίνη, ης, ἡ (Eur., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob; TestLevi 19:4; JosAs; AscIs 2:14; EpArist 320) a place for those who are resting (2 Km 4:7; Ps 6:7), suffering (Gen 48:2; 49:33), or dining (Xenophanes 18, 2 Diehl2; Ezk 23:41).① bed, couch Mk 4:21; 7:30; Lk 8:16; 17:34; καθίσαι εἰς τὴν κ. sit on the bed Hv 5:1.—Pallet, stretcher on which a sick man was carried (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 45 §199 ἔφυγεν ἐπὶ κλίνης διὰ νόσον; as a bier for the dead Pla., Leg. 12, 947b; Jos., Ant. 7, 40=2 Km 3:31.—2 Ch 16:14), prob. not differentiated fr. ‘bed’ Mt 9:2, 6; Lk 5:18 (φέρειν ἐπὶ κλίνης as SIG 1169, 31; Jos., Ant. 17, 197). Ac 5:15 v.l. (for κλινάριον); βάλλειν τινὰ εἰς κ. lay someone on a sickbed i.e. strike her w. an illness Rv 2:22 (a lingering illness as a divine punishment: Diod S 16, 61, 3; cp. also PUps 8, 4 s.v. ξηραίνω 2). GDalman, Arbeit 7, 189; Kl. Pauly III 255f (lit.)② dining couch Mk 7:4 as suggested by the context; the only NT pass. that qualifies for this mng. S. New Docs 1, 6–9, but without ref. to this pass.—B. 480. DELG s.v. κλίνω. M-M. TW.
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