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

Luke 23:53

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.

Matthew 28:6

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

John 2:6

Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

John 20:5

He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

Luke 3:9

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.”

Matthew 3:10

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.

Luke 2:12

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 2:16

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

Luke 2:34

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).

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