- κλίνω
- κλίνω 1 aor. ἔκλινα; pf. κέκλικα; 1 aor. pass. ἐκλίθην (B-D-F §76, 1; W-S. §13, 9f) (Hom.+).① to cause someth. to incline or bend, incline, bow, trans. τὴν κεφαλήν the head of Jesus as he was dying J 19:30 (but since the bowing of the head came before the giving up of his spirit, and since esp. in John’s Gosp. the Passion is a voluntary act of Jesus to the very last, the bowing is not to be regarded as a sign of weakness; the Crucified One acted of his own accord; cp. BGU 954, 5 κλίνω τ. κεφαλήν μου κατενώπιόν σου); GJs 15:4 (s. κεφαλή 1b). τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν bow one’s face to the ground Lk 24:5. τὰ γόνατα πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην (in prayer) GJs 20:2 (codd.). In uncertain context οὐδὲ γό[νατα ἔκλι]|ναν, ἀλλὰ … προσηύχοντο [ἑστῶτες] nor did they kneel, but they prayed (standing) AcPl Ha 1, 31.② lay (down) trans. τὴν κεφαλήν (to sleep) Mt 8:20; Lk 9:58.③ cause to lean, trans., pass. in act. sense lean, fall (over) λέγει κύριος• ὅταν ξύλον κλιθῇ καὶ ἀναστῇ when a tree falls over and rises again B 12:1 (quot. of uncertain origin).④ cause to fall, turn to flight, trans. and fig. (as early as Hom.; Jos., Ant. 14, 416) παρεμβολὰς κ. ἀλλοτρίων Hb 11:34.⑤ intr. (B-D-F §308; Rob. 800) (‘turn, change course’; X. et al.; PHib 38, 8 [252/251 B.C.]; TestJob 34:5 ἔκλινεν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν=he turned away from them) decline, be far spent of the day, at dusk Lk 9:12; 24:29 (cp. Apollon. Rhod. 1, 452 κλίνοντος ἠελίοιο; Polyb. 3, 93, 7; Arrian, Anab. 3, 4, 2; Jer 6:4 κέκλικεν ἡ ἡμέρα).—DELG. M-M.
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