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Strong's G2749 · Greek

κεῖμαι

keimai · ki'-mahee

middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κεῖμαι (G2749)

24 κεῖμαι , [in LXX: Je 24:1 ( יעד hoph.), al.;] used as passive of τίθημι (LS, s.v.), to be laid , to lie ; of persons: an infant, Lk 2:12 , 16 ; a dead body, Mt 28:6 , Lk 23:53 , Jo 20:12 ; of things, to lie , be laid or set , stand : Mt 5:14 , Jo 2:6 19:29 20:5-7 21:9 , Re 4:2 21:16 ; trop., Θεμέλιος , I Co 3:11 ; seq. prep. c. acc., πρός , Mt 3:10 , Lk 3:9 ; εἰς , Lk 12:19 ; ἐπί , trop., κάλυμμα , II Co 3:15 . Metaph., ὁ κόσμος ἐν τ. πονηριῷ κ. , I Jo 5:19 ; to be laid down , appointed : of law, c. dat. pers., I Ti 1:9 ; seq. εἰς c. acc. (of purpose), Lk 2:34 , Phl 1:16 , I Th 3:3 (cf. ἀνά- , συν-ανά- , ἀντί- , ἀπό- , ἐπί- , κατά- , παρά- , περί- , πρό-κειμαι ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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