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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78290" /> ==
<div> '''1: '''''Ἀνάκειμαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #345 — Verb — anakeimai — an-ak-i'-mahee ) </div> <p> "to be laid up, to lie," is used of reclining at table, and translated "leaning (on Jesus' bosom)" in the AV of &nbsp;John 13:23 , RV, "reclining" (for &nbsp;John 13:25 see No. 2). In &nbsp; John 13:28 , it is translated "at the table," lit., "of (those) reclining." See [[Guest]] , [[Recline]] , [[Sit]] , [[Table]] (at the). </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀναπίπτω''''' ''' (Strong'S #377 — Verb — anapipto — an-ap-ip'-to ) </div> <p> lit., "to fall back" (ana, "back," pipto, "to fall"), is used of reclining at a repast and translated "leaning back, (as he was, on Jesus' breast)" in &nbsp;John 13:25 , RV (the AV follows the mss. which have epipipto, and renders it "lying"); in &nbsp;John 21:20 , "leaned back," the Apostle's reminder of the same event in his experience. See Sit. </p>
        
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61330" /> ==
<p> LEAN, Gr., L. clino. </p> 1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east it leans to the right or left. 2. To incline or propend to tend toward. <p> They delight rather to lean to their old customs - </p> 3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something as, to lean against a wall or a pillar to lean on the arm of another. 4. To bend to be in a bending posture. <p> LEAN, </p> 1. To incline to cause to lean. 2. To conceal. Not in use. <p> LEAN, a. L. lenis, and Eng. slender. </p> 1. [[Wanting]] flesh meager not fat as a lean body a lean man or animal. 2. Not rich destitute of good qualities bare barren as lean earth. 3. Low poor in opposition to rich or great as a lean action. Unusual. 4. [[Barren]] of thought destitute of that which improves or entertains jejune as a lean discourse or dissertation. <p> LEAN, n. That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat. </p>
        
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_137793" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Cleaning; afterbirth. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A collection made by gleaning. </p>
        
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198012" /> ==
<p> &nbsp;Judges 8:2 (a) By this figure [[Gideon]] was telling the men of [[Ephraim]] that they had reaped a greater harvest by capturing [[Oreb]] and [[Zeeb]] than he had obtained in capturing or killing the rest of the army. </p> <p> &nbsp;Jeremiah 6:9 (b) This figure represents the thorough work of the enemies of the people of Judah when they invaded the land and carried them away as prisoners. </p>
        
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<ref name="term_78290"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/lean Lean from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_61330"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/lean Lean from King James Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_137793"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/lean Lean from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_198012"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/wilson-s-dictionary-of-bible-types/lean Lean from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types]</ref>
        
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