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Lexicon :: Strong's G2749 - keimai

Aa
κεῖμαι
Transliteration
keimai (Key)
Pronunciation
ki'-mahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:654,425

Strong’s Definitions

κεῖμαι keîmai, ki'-mahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively):—be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie. Compare G5087.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's G2749 in the following manner: lie (9x), be laid (6x), be set (6x), be appointed (1x), be (1x), be made (1x), laid up (1x), there (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's G2749 in the following manner: lie (9x), be laid (6x), be set (6x), be appointed (1x), be (1x), be made (1x), laid up (1x), there (1x).

  1. to lie

    1. of an infant

    2. of one buried

    3. of things that quietly cover some spot

      1. of a city situated on a hill

    4. of things put or set in any place, in ref. to which we often use "to stand"

      1. of vessels, of a throne, of the site of a city, of grain and other things laid up together, of a foundation

  2. metaph.

    1. to be (by God's intent) set, i.e. destined, appointed

    2. of laws, to be made, laid down

    3. lies in the power of the evil one, i.e. is held in subjection by the devil

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεῖμαι keîmai, ki'-mahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively):—be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie. Compare G5087.
STRONGS G2749:
κεῖμαι; imperfect 3 person singular ἔκειτο; to lie;
1. properly: of an infant, followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Luke 2:12 (Tdf. omits κείμενον),16; of one buried: ὅπου or οὗ, Matthew 28:6; Luke 23:53; John 11:41 Rec.; John 20:12; of things that quietly cover some spot, Luke 24:12 (R G L brackets); John 20:5-7; John 21:9; with ἐπί τί added, 2 Corinthians 3:15; ἐπάνω τίνος (of a city situated on a hill), Matthew 5:14; also of things put or set in any place, in reference to which we often use to stand: thus of vessels, John 2:6; John 19:29 (χύτρας κειμενας, Xenophon, oec. 8, 19); of a throne, Revelation 4:2 (Jeremiah 24:1; Homer, Iliad 2, 777; Odyssey 17, 331); κεῖσθαι πρός τί, to be brought near to a thing (see πρός, I. 2 a.), Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9; absolutely, of the site of a city, τετραγονος κεῖται, Revelation 21:16; of grain and other things laid up, gathered together, Luke 12:19; of a foundation, 1 Corinthians 3:11.
2. metaphorically,
a. to be (by God's intent) set, i. e. destined, appointed: followed by εἰς with the accusative indicating the purpose, Luke 2:34; Philippians 1:17 (16); 1 Thessalonians 3:3.
b. as very often in secular authors (cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1694b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV. 2)), of laws, to be made, laid down: τίνι, 1 Timothy 1:9.
c. ὁ κόσμος ὅλος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κεῖται, lies in the power of the evil one, i. e. is held in subjection by the devil, 1 John 5:19. (Compare: ἀνάκειμαι, συνανάκειμαι, ἀντίκειμαι, ἀπόκειμαι, ἐπίκειμαι, κατάκειμαι, παράκειμαι, περίκειμαι, πρόκειμαι.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
24:1
Matthew
3:10; 5:14; 28:6
Luke
2:12; 2:34; 3:9; 12:19; 23:53; 24:12
John
2:6; 11:41; 19:29; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 20:12; 21:9
1 Corinthians
3:11
2 Corinthians
3:15
Philippians
1:17
1 Thessalonians
3:3
1 Timothy
1:9
1 John
5:19
Revelation
4:2; 21:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2749 matches the Greek κεῖμαι (keimai),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:10 - The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:14 - “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:6 - He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:12 - This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:16 - So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:34 - Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:9 - The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 - Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5 - He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:6 - Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:7 - as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9 - When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11 - For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:15 - Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16 - The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:9 - We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:19 - We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:2 - At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[fn] in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
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