Strong’s G2749 · Greek
κεῖμαι
keîmai
Definition
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
Etymology
middle voice of a primary verb;
Where the KJV renders it
- be (appointed
- laid up
- made
- set)
- lay
- lie
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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