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κεῖμαι
keîmai

to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)

27 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word

Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

to lie, to be laid; to recline, to be lying, to have been laid down, Mt. 28:6; Lk. 2:12; to have been laid, placed, set, Mt. 3:10; Lk. 3:9; Jn. 2:6; to be situated, as a city, Mt. 5:14; Rev. 21:16; to be in store, Lk. 12:19; met. to be constituted, established as a law, 1 Tim. 1:9; in NT of persons, to be specially set, solemnly appointed, destined, Lk. 2:34; Phil. 1:16; 1 Thess. 3:3; to lie under an influence, to be involved in, 1 Jn. 5:19

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

be (appointed, laid up, made, set)laylie

Etymology

middle voice of a primary verb;

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