STRONGS NUMBER G2828

Original Word: κλισία
Transliteration: klisia
Phonetic Spelling: (klee-see'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a place for reclining
Meaning: a place for recliningcompany, party at a meal

From a derivative of klino; properly, reclination, i.e. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal -- company.

see GREEK klino

STRONGS NT 2828: κλισία

κλισία, κλισίας, ἡ (κλίνω; from Homer down; properly, a place for lying down or reclining; hence,

1. a hut, erected to pass the night in.

2. a tent.

3. anything to recline on; a chair in which to lean back the head, reclining-chair.

4. a company reclining; a row or party of persons reclining at meal: so in plural, Luke 9:14, on which cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (214); likewise in Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 12; Plutarch Sert. 26.