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Lexicon :: Strong's G2621 - katakeimai

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κατάκειμαι
Transliteration
katakeimai (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ak'-i-mahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:655,425

Strong’s Definitions

κατάκειμαι katákeimai, kat-ak'-i-mahee; from G2596 and G2749; to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal:—keep, lie, sit at meat (down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2621 in the following manner: lie (6x), sit at meat (3x), keep (1x), sat down (with G2258) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2621 in the following manner: lie (6x), sit at meat (3x), keep (1x), sat down (with G2258) (1x).

  1. to have lain down, i.e. to lie prostrate

    1. of the sick

    2. of those at meals, to recline

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατάκειμαι katákeimai, kat-ak'-i-mahee; from G2596 and G2749; to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal:—keep, lie, sit at meat (down).
STRONGS G2621:
κατάκειμαι; imperfect 3 person singular κατέκειτο; (κεῖμαι, to lie (see κατά, III. 1)); to have lain down i. e. to lie prostrate;
a. of the sick (cf. colloquial, 'down sick') (Herodotus 7, 229; Lucian, Icarom. 31; (Plutarch, vit. Cicero 43, 3)): Mark 1:30; John 5:6; Acts 28:8; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the couch or pallet, Mark 2:4 R G L marginal reading; (Acts 9:33 R G); Luke 5:25 R L; ἐπί τιονς, Acts 9:33 (L T Tr WH); ἐπί τί, Luke 5:25 T Tr WH (Buttmann, § 147, 24 note; Winer's Grammar, 408 (381) note); ἐν with the dative of place, John 5:3.
b. of those at meals, to recline (Athen. 1, 42, p. 23 c.; Xenophon, an. 6, 1, 4; conv. 1, 14; Plato, conv., p. 177 d.; rep. ii., p. 372 d., etc.; (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 1, 19; see ἀνάκειμαι): absolutely, Mark 14:3; Luke 5:29; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mark 2:15; 1 Corinthians 8:10; Luke 7:37 L T Tr WH.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
1:30; 2:4; 2:15; 14:3
Luke
5:25; 5:25; 5:29; 7:37
John
5:3; 5:6
Acts
9:33; 9:33; 28:8
1 Corinthians
8:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2621 matches the Greek κατάκειμαι (katakeimai),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:30 - Now Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever. They told Jesus about her right away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:4 - They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:3 - Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating,[fn] a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:25 - And immediately, as everyone watched, the man jumped up, picked up his mat, and went home praising God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:37 - When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:6 - When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:33 - There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:8 - As it happened, Publius’s father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if others see you—with your “superior knowledge”—eating in the temple of an idol, won’t they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol?
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