Definition

to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G2827 (κλίνω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• κλίνω klínō

How the KJV renders it

• (make) sit down (at meat)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.