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keimai G2749

κεῖμαι (keimai) means “to lay/be appointed” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κεῖμαι Greek · G2749 24 tagged occurrences in 24 verses

Pronunciation guide: ki'-mahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2749

κεῖμαι · keimai · to lay/be appointed

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I lie, recline, am placed, am laid, set, specially appointed, destined.

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How translators render G2749

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
lies ready 2
lying 2
lying there 2
already laid 1
been laid 1
covers 1
had lain 1
he lay 1
i am appointed 1
is appointed 1
is not enacted 1
is under the power 1
laid up 1
lies 1
set 1
standing 1
there 1
was sitting there 1
we are destined 1
who was lying 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
lying 4
laid 3
is 2
is laid 2
lieth 2
had lain 1
i am set 1
is set 1
laid up 1
lay 1
lie 1
made for 1
set 1
that is laid 1
that is set 1
there 1
there was set 1
was set 1
we are appointed 1

Verses containing G2749

Page 1 of 1. 24 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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  2. Matthew 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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  3. Matthew 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

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  4. Luke 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

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  5. Luke 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

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  6. Luke 2:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

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  7. Luke 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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  8. Luke 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

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  9. Luke 23:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

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  10. John 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

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  11. John 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

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  12. John 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

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  13. John 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

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  14. John 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

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  15. John 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

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  16. John 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.

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  17. 1 Corinthians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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  18. 2 Corinthians 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

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  19. Philippians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

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    Source alternate reference: 1.17

  20. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

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  21. 1 Timothy 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

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  22. 1 John 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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  23. Revelation 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

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  24. Revelation 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

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