Recline

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

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).

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): ( v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

(2): ( v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.

(3): ( v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

(4): ( v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.

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