Strong's Greek Concordance

G2749: κεῖμαι

keîmai · “to lay/be appointed”

Definition

to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)

KJV translates it as: be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie

Word origin: middle voice of a primary verb;

Extended definition

κεῖμαι
[in LXX: Jer.24:1 (יָעַד hoph,), al. ;]
used as passive of τίθημι (LS, see word), to be laid, to lie;
(a) of persons: an infant, Luk.2:12, 16; a dead body, Mat.28:6, Luk.23:53, Jhn.20:12;
(b) of things, to lie, be laid or set, stand: Mat.5:14, Jhn.2:6 19:29 20:5-7 21:9, Rev.4:2 21:16; trop., Θεμέλιος, 1Co.3:11; before prep. with accusative, πρός, Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9; εἰς, Luk.12:19; ἐπί, trop., κάλυμμα, 2Co.3:15. Metaphorical, ὁ κόσμος ἐν τ. πονηριῷ κ., 1Jn.5:19; to be laid down, appointed: of law, with dative of person(s), 1Ti.1:9; before εἰς with accusative (of purpose), Luk.2:34, Php.1:16, 1Th.3:3
(cf. ἀνά-, συν-ανά-, ἀντί-, ἀπό-, ἐπί-, κατά-, παρά-, περί-, πρό-κειμαι).†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G2749 is translated

  • lying ×4
  • laid. ×2
  • lying there ×2
  • is applied. ×1
  • lying; ×1
  • he was lying ×1
  • is appointed ×1
  • is applied; ×1
  • laid up ×1
  • standing, ×1
  • was set there ×1
  • was laying ×1

Bible verses with G2749 (keîmai)

Keîmai appears in 24 verses.

  • 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 2:12

    And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

  • Luke 2:16

    And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

  • 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 be spoken against;

  • 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.

  • Luke 23:53

    And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

  • John 2:6

    And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

  • John 11:41

    Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

  • John 19:29

    Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

  • John 20:5

    And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

  • John 20:6

    Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

  • John 20:7

    And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

  • 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.

  • John 21:9

    As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:11

    For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:15

    But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

  • 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 murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • 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.

  • Revelation 21:16

    And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

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