Dictionary entry

ἀναπίπτω

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

ἀνα-πίπτω,

[in LXX: Ge 49:9 (כּרע) To 2:1 7:8, Jth 12:10, Si 25:18 35 (32):2, Da TH Sus 37*;]

1. (cl.) to fall back.

2. In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, s.v.): at table, Lk 11:3714:1017:722:14, Jo 13:1221:20; on the ground, Mt 15:35, Mk 6:408:6, Jo 6:10; to lean back, Jo 13:25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; v.s. ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.).†

SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (q.v.), ἀνακλίνομαι.