κεῖμαι keimai

Greek word for “to lay/be appointed” · Strong’s G2749 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

κεῖμαι; used as passive of τίθημι (LS, see word), to be laid, to lie;

How it is translated

Glosses given for keimai in context, with how often each is used:

• lying 6
• lies 3
• applied 2
• appointed 2
• lying there 2
• laid up 1
• laid 1
• standing 1
• set there 1
• laying 1
• being already laid 1
• destined 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 20 (4), Luke 2 (3), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Luke 3 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 23 (1), John 2 (1), John 19 (1)

Forms

• κεῖται 7
• ἔκειτο 4
• κείμενον 4
• κείμενα 3
• κειμένη 1
• κείμενος 1
• κείμεναι 1
• κειμένην 1
• κεῖμαι 1
• κείμεθα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with keimai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὀθόνιον othonion “bandages” 3
• ἀξίνη axinē “axe” 2
• ἐντυλίσσω entulissō “to wrap up” 2
• φάτνη phatnē “manger” 2
• βρέφος brephos “infant” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 4
• ἐκκόπτω ekkoptō “to prevent” 2
• ῥίζα rhiza “root” 2
• δένδρον dendron “tree” 2
• Μαρία Maria “Mary” 2
• ἤδη ēdē “already” 2
• καρπός karpos “fruit” 2

Key verses

The verses using keimai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:10 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Matthew 5:14 — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Matthew 28:6 — He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
• Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall…
• Luke 3:9 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
• John 20:12 — And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11 — For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• 1 Timothy 1:9 — Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for…
• 1 John 5:19 — And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
• Revelation 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.