ἀναπίπτω

anapiptō

to recline

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Strong’s G377Verb12 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

he reclined3

to recline2

do recline2

to sit down1

they sat down1

reclined1

having leaned1

had reclined1

In the text

Matthew 15:35ἀναπεσεῖν
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Mark 8:6ἀναπεσεῖν
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
Luke 11:37ἀνέπεσεν
As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
John 6:10ἀναπεσεῖν
“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Abbott-Smith

ἀνα-πίπτω
[in LXX: Gen.49:9 (כָּרַע) Tob.2:1 7:8, Jdth.12:10, Sir.25:18 32:2, Da TH Sus 1:37 * ;]

1. (cl.) to fall back.

2. In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, see word): at table, Luk.11:37 14:10 17:7 22:14, Jhn.13:12 21:20; on the ground, Mat.15:35 Mrk.6:40 8:6 Jhn.6:10; to lean back, Jhn.13:25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; see: ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.).†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀνακλίνομαι
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.