Strong G2846κοιτών
bedroom/chamberlain
- Transliteration
- koitōn
- Pronunciation
- koy-tone'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2845; a bed room: - + chamberlain.
Detailed definition
κοιτών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(κοίτη = Att.., δωμότιον, see Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר, 2Ki.4:7, Jol.2:16; I Est.3:3, al.;]
a bed-chamber; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κ., a chamberlain: Act.12:20.†
(AS)
(κοίτη = Att.., δωμότιον, see Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר, 2Ki.4:7, Jol.2:16; I Est.3:3, al.;]
a bed-chamber; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κ., a chamberlain: Act.12:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2846 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chamberlain1
First verses
- Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κοιτών, ῶνος, ὁ,
bed-chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 6, “PTeb.” 120.14 (1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.69, etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος)]chamberlain, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Acts.12.20, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.15)]; ἐπὶ κ. Σεβαστοῦ, = Latin cubicularius Augusti, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2947 (Caria, 2nd c.AD),compare “IG” 14.2143, +others: rejected by the Atticists, who hold δωμάτιον to be correct,compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.79, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 227.)]
2 grave, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.464 (from Catana).)]
3 nursery, ἐν κ. εἶναι to be an infant, minor, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 155 “Praef.”)]
II landing-place, [Refs (Stad. 128.)]
bed-chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 6, “PTeb.” 120.14 (1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.69, etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος)]chamberlain, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Acts.12.20, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.15)]; ἐπὶ κ. Σεβαστοῦ, = Latin cubicularius Augusti, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2947 (Caria, 2nd c.AD),compare “IG” 14.2143, +others: rejected by the Atticists, who hold δωμάτιον to be correct,compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.79, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 227.)]
2 grave, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.464 (from Catana).)]
3 nursery, ἐν κ. εἶναι to be an infant, minor, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 155 “Praef.”)]
II landing-place, [Refs (Stad. 128.)]