Dictionary entry

ἀνακλίνω

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

** ἀνα-κλίνω,

[in LXX: III Mac 5:16*;]

to lay upon, lean against, hence,

(a) to lay down: Lk 2:7;

(b) to make to recline: Mk 6:39, WH, mg., Lk 12:37. Pass., to lie back, recline: Mt 8:1114:19, Lk 13:29.†

SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (q.v.), ἀναπίπτω.