Strong G2845κοίτη
bed
- Transliteration
- koitē
- Pronunciation
- koy'-tay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2749; a couch; by extension cohabitation; by implication the male sperm: - bed chambering X conceive.
Detailed definition
κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc.;]
a bed: Luk.11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Heb.13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Rom.9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Lev.15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Rom.13:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc.;]
a bed: Luk.11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Heb.13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Rom.9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Lev.15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Rom.13:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2845 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bed2
- chamber1
- conceive1
First verses
- Luke 11:7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
- Romans 9:10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
- Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κοίτ-η, ἡ,
(κεῖμαι) ={κοῖτος} 1, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.341 (variant{οἴκῳ}))]; bedstead, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.330.16, +others, Wilcken “Chr.” 244.3 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; especially marriage-bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 804 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 17; οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον [prev. author] “fragment” 546; τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 152 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον [prev. work] 436 (Lyric poetry))]; also πετρίνη κοίτη, of a cave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 160 (_anapaest meter_))]; τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ. on a sick-bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 132 (Lyric poetry))]; κοίταν δ᾽ ἔχει νέρθεν, of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1706 (Lyric poetry); κ. σκληρά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 942d, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1: _plural_, ἔννυχοι κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.25; νυμφίδιοι κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 249 (Lyric poetry))]: metaphorically, of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις.. εὕδοι πεσών [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 566)]; of the bed of a river, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 5.5, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 586.21, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.10.)]
2 lair of a wild beast, nest of a bird, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 155 (Lyric poetry); χελιδόνων 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.15)]; κ. ποιεῖσθαι, of the spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a12)]; of the fish ἐξώκοιτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 171.1.)]
3 quarters, τῶν φυλακιτῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“BGU” 1007.14 (3rd c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 179 (2nd c.BC))]; see infr. VI.
4 pen, fold for cattle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 118.15 (2nd c.AD).)]
II act of going to bed, τῆς κοίτης ὥρη bed-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10, 5.20)]; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain 'at bed and board', [Refs ([prev. passage])]; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον for going to bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.1 (but κεῖσθαι κοίταν)] to lie still in death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1494 (Lyric poetry)).)]
III lodging, entertainment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (PTeb. 122.1 (1st c.BC), +others)]
IV of sexual connexion, κ. διδόναι [LXX (LXX.Num.5.20, cf. LXX.Lev.18.20; κ. σπέρματος [prev. work] 15.16)]; κ. ἔχειν ἐκ.. to become pregnant by a man, [NT (NT.Rom.9.10)]; in bad sense, lasciviousness, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.13 (_plural_).)]
V parcel, lot of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.88.9 (2nd c.AD), “PRyl.” 168.9 (2nd c.AD).)]
VI chest, case, or basket, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 122, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 76, “IG” 22.120.37,40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 129.2, “PPetr.” 2p.10 (3rd c.BC, unless in signification 1.3), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ep.Sat.” 21; αἱ μυστικαὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 28.)]
(κεῖμαι) ={κοῖτος} 1, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.341 (variant{οἴκῳ}))]; bedstead, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.330.16, +others, Wilcken “Chr.” 244.3 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; especially marriage-bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 804 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 17; οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον [prev. author] “fragment” 546; τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 152 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον [prev. work] 436 (Lyric poetry))]; also πετρίνη κοίτη, of a cave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 160 (_anapaest meter_))]; τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ. on a sick-bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 132 (Lyric poetry))]; κοίταν δ᾽ ἔχει νέρθεν, of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1706 (Lyric poetry); κ. σκληρά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 942d, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1: _plural_, ἔννυχοι κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.25; νυμφίδιοι κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 249 (Lyric poetry))]: metaphorically, of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις.. εὕδοι πεσών [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 566)]; of the bed of a river, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 5.5, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 586.21, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.10.)]
2 lair of a wild beast, nest of a bird, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 155 (Lyric poetry); χελιδόνων 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.15)]; κ. ποιεῖσθαι, of the spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a12)]; of the fish ἐξώκοιτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 171.1.)]
3 quarters, τῶν φυλακιτῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“BGU” 1007.14 (3rd c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 179 (2nd c.BC))]; see infr. VI.
4 pen, fold for cattle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 118.15 (2nd c.AD).)]
II act of going to bed, τῆς κοίτης ὥρη bed-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10, 5.20)]; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain 'at bed and board', [Refs ([prev. passage])]; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον for going to bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.1 (but κεῖσθαι κοίταν)] to lie still in death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1494 (Lyric poetry)).)]
III lodging, entertainment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (PTeb. 122.1 (1st c.BC), +others)]
IV of sexual connexion, κ. διδόναι [LXX (LXX.Num.5.20, cf. LXX.Lev.18.20; κ. σπέρματος [prev. work] 15.16)]; κ. ἔχειν ἐκ.. to become pregnant by a man, [NT (NT.Rom.9.10)]; in bad sense, lasciviousness, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.13 (_plural_).)]
V parcel, lot of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.88.9 (2nd c.AD), “PRyl.” 168.9 (2nd c.AD).)]
VI chest, case, or basket, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 122, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 76, “IG” 22.120.37,40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 129.2, “PPetr.” 2p.10 (3rd c.BC, unless in signification 1.3), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ep.Sat.” 21; αἱ μυστικαὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 28.)]