κλίνω

κλίνω

[in LXX chiefly for נָטָה ;]

1. to make to bend, to bow: τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jhn.19:30; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Luk.24:5.

2. to make to lean, to rest: τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.

3. As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς, Heb.11:34.

4. In late Gk. (as mid, in cl.), to decline: intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα, Luk.9:12 24:29.†

(AS)