keimai · lie, be laid

What it means

keimai (κεῖμαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lie, be laid”.

Be laid, lie, be lying down.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lie, be laid down.
2. To be situated somewhere.
3. To be set for something.
4. To be under the power of: "under the evil one".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lying ×7
• laid ×6
• lies ×3
• set ×2
• standing there ×2
• I am appointed ×1
• place ×1
• stood ×1
• we are appointed ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×6
• John×7
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Philippians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 3:10

  And already the ax is laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

• Matthew 5:14

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

• Matthew 28:6

  He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying.

• Luke 2:12

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

• Luke 2:16

  And they went in haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

• Luke 2:34

  And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Look, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

• Luke 3:9

  And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

• Luke 12:19

  And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be merry.”’

• Luke 23:53

  And taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a tomb cut in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

• John 2:6

  Now there were six stone water jars standing there for the purification of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

• John 19:29

  A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so putting a sponge full of the sour wine on hyssop, they held it to his mouth.

• John 20:5

  And stooping to look in, he sees the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.

• John 20:6

  So Simon Peter also comes, following him, and he went into the tomb; and he sees the linen cloths lying there,

• John 20:7

  and the face cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up separately in one place.

• John 20:12

  and she sees two angels in white, sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

• John 21:9

  So when they got out on the land, they see a charcoal fire in place and fish lying on it and bread.

• 1 Corinthians 3:11

  For no one can lay another foundation than the one that is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah.

• 2 Corinthians 3:15

  But to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;

• Philippians 1:16

  These do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the good news;

• 1 Thessalonians 3:3

  so that no one would be unsettled by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this.

• 1 Timothy 1:9

  knowing this, that law is not laid down for a righteous person but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and those who kill their mothers, for murderers,

• 1 John 5:19

  We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.

• Revelation 4:2

  At once I was in the Spirit; and look, a throne stood in heaven, and on the throne one seated.

• Revelation 21:16

  And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its width. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.