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Lexicon :: Strong's G2749 - keimai

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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 26 times in 26 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:10 - And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:14 - *Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:6 - He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:12 - And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:16 - And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:34 - And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:9 - And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:53 - and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Now there were standing there six stone water-vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5 - and stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; he did not however go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:6 - Simon Peter therefore comes, following him, and entered into the tomb, and sees the linen cloths lying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:7 - and the handkerchief which was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a distinct place by itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - and beholds two angels sitting in white garments, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9 - When therefore they went out on the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11 - For other foundation can no man lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:15 - But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:17 - but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:9 - knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:19 - We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:2 - Immediately I became in the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed -- twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.
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