noun · feminine
klinas
Strong’sG2825
a couch, bed, mat, bier
stem klin-9 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κλίνη, -ης, ἡ
(< κλίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִטָּה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2825 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidklee'-nay
a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
Fromfrom G2827;
King Jamesbed, table.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
) that on which one lies, couch, used at meals or for a bed, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας Refs 5th c.BC+; κλίνην στρῶσαι to make up a couch, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ κλίνης ἀνίστασθαι, after illness, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 bier, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 grave-niche, Refs
II ἱερὰ κ., = Latin lectisternium, Refs 1st c.AD+; κ. τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος, of a ceremonial banquet, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 generally, banquet, Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | klinas | klinais |
| object accusative | klinan4×κλίνην | klinain |
| direct address vocative | klinar | klinair |
| of, belonging to genitive | klinau4×κλίνης | klinaiu1×κλινῶν |
| to, for dative | klina | klinai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
klina is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
klinan“bed”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 9:6“bed”… to paralutiko; Egerirantos airasar su tan klinan kai hupagasōr eis ton oikon su.… He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
Mark 4:21… ton modion tithiteia ē hupo tan klinan, ouk hina epi tan luchnan tithiteia?… under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a …
Mark 7:30… heuriskata tem paidiem balorēntem epi tan klinan kai tem daimonem exercharēntem.… found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
Revelation 2:22“sickbed”idou balamō autan eis klinan, kai toin moicheuarōntoin meta autau eis …Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer …
klinau“bed”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 9:2“bed”Kai idou prosferale auto paralutikon epi klinau balorēnton. kai horarantos tos Iēsus tan …… some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith …
Luke 5:18“bed”kai idou androis ferarōntois epi klinau anthrōpon hos ate paraluorēntos, kai zētale …… then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring …
Luke 8:16… haptarantos kaluptatō auton skeve ē hupokatō klinau tithatō, alla epi luchnau tithatō, hina …… jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a …
Luke 17:34… houta ta nukta eli duo epi klinau henau, tos henos paralabiti kai tos …… two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the …
klinaiu“dining couches”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 7:4“dining couches”… potērieiu kai xestoiu kai chalkieiu kai klinaiu… washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for …