Dictionary entry

ἀνάκειμαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἀνά-κειμαι

[in LXX: I Es 4:10, To 9:6 א*;]

1. in cl., as pass. of ἀνατίθημ, to be laid up, laid: Mk 5:40 Rec.

2. In late writers (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.) = κεῖσθαι, κατακεῖσθαι, to recline at table: Mt 26:20; part. ἀνακείμενος, Mt 9:1022:10, 1126:7, Mk 6:2614:1816:14, Lk 22:27, Jo 6:1112:213:23, 28.†

SYN.: ἀνακλίνω, ἀναπίπτω, the latter denoting an act rather than a state and thus in Jo 13:25 differing from ἀνάκειμαι (see. Jo 13:23) by indicating a change of position.