G2845: κοίτη
koítē · “bed”
Definition
a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm
KJV translates it as: bed, chambering, X conceive
Word origin: from G2749 (κεῖμαι);
Extended definition
κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc. ;]
a bed: Luk.11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Heb.13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Rom.9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Lev.15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Rom.13:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc. ;]
a bed: Luk.11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Heb.13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Rom.9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Lev.15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Rom.13:13.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2845 is translated
- bed ×1
- conception ×1
- in sexual immorality ×1
- marriage bed ×1
Bible verses with G2845 (koítē)
Koítē appears in 4 verses.
- Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
- Romans 9:10
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
- Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.