Strong's Greek · G2749
κεῖμαι
keîmai
be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie
Definition
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
Derivation
middle voice of a primary verb;
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.”
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.”
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.”
“Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.”
“He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.”
“The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.””
“The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
“And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.””
“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.”
“Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).