ἀπόκειμαι
apokeimai · be stored up
Greek word · Strong’s number G606 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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apokeimai (ἀπόκειμαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be stored up”.
Be laid away, be reserved; be appointed.
How to say it
a·po·kei·mai
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
- Be set aside for someone; be fixed.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- laid up ×2
- it is appointed ×1
- laid away ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 19:20
And the other came, saying, ‘Master, look, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a cloth;
- Colossians 1:5
because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the good news
- 2 Timothy 4:8
From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
- Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for human beings to die once, and after this judgment,