κλῑν-η G2825
Bed, couch, or pallet; a piece of furniture for sleeping, reclining, or carrying the sick.
Refers to a bed, couch, or pallet — a piece of household furniture used for sleeping, resting, reclining at meals, or transporting the infirm. In the Gospels, kline appears prominently in healing narratives where Jesus tells the paralytic to 'take up your bed and walk' (Matt 9:2, 6; Mark 2:4, 9, 11-12), making the bed itself a dramatic prop in the story of restoration. It also appears for the bed where a child lies sick (Mark 7:30) and in the context of ritual purity involving the washing of couches (Mark 7:4). Spanish distinguishes between 'cama' (bed) and 'camilla' (stretcher/pallet), reflecting the range of kline from proper bed to portable mat.
Senses
1. bed/couch (piece of furniture for reclining) — A bed, couch, or pallet used for sleeping, reclining, or carrying the sick. Greek kline (from klino, 'to recline') covers the full range from a proper household bed to a portable mat or stretcher. Its most memorable NT appearances are in the healing of the paralytic, where Jesus commands 'take up your bed and walk' (Matt 9:2, 6), transforming the symbol of helplessness into a sign of restored strength. Mark 7:4 mentions the ritual washing of klinai (couches), and Mark 7:30 shows a child lying healed upon a bed. Spanish uses both 'cama' (bed) and 'camilla' (stretcher), capturing the word's breadth from fixed furniture to portable pallet. 9×
AR["أَسِرَّةٍ","السَّريرِ","سَريرٍ","سَريرَكَ","سَّرِيرِ"]·ben["খাটে?","খাটের","বিছানা","বিছানায়","শয্যায়"]·DE["Bett"]·EN["a-bed","bed","couches"]·FR["lit"]·heb["מִטָּה","מִטּוֹת","מִשְׁכָּב"]·HI["के","खाट","खाट-के","खाट-को","खाट-पर","बिछौना,","बिस्तरे","से"]·ID["ranjang,","tempat-tidur","tempat-tidur?"]·IT["klinēn","letto"]·jav["amben","amben,","amben?","amben›.","pasareyan","patujon","paturon","paturon,"]·KO["그리고-침상들","침대","침상"]·PT["cama","cama?","de-cama","de-camas"]·RU["кровать","лож","одр,","постели","постель"]·ES["cama","camilla","de-lechos"]·SW["kitanda","kitanda,","kitanda?","kitandani","vitanda"]·TR["yatakların","yatakta","yatağa","yatağın","yatağın?","yatağını"]·urd["بستر","چارپائی","چارپائی-کے","چارپائیوں-کا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κλῑν-η, ἡ, κλίνω ) 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+