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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