κεῖμαι

Verb

keimai · to lay/be appointed

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 2749

Lexical summary

24

NT occurrences

11

Observed forms

About this Greek word

To lie, to be laid; to recline, to be lying, to have been laid down, Mt. 28:6; Lk. 2:12; to have been laid, placed, set, Mt. 3:10; Lk. 3:9; Jn. 2:6; to be situated, as a city, Mt. 5:14; Rev. 21:16; to be in store, Lk. 12:19; met. to be constituted, established as a law, 1 Tim. 1:9; in NT of persons, to be specially set, solemnly appointed, destined, Lk. 2:34; Phil. 1:16; 1 Thess. 3:3; to lie under an influence, to be involved in, 1 Jn. 5:19

Principal-part candidates

Citation forms are shown separately from the NT forms that support them. Reconstructed forms are labeled; unsupported forms are left unavailable.

Present

Citation form attested in NT

κεῖμαιPresent middle (deponent)

NT evidence

Future

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidence

No NT forms support this principal part.

Aorist

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidence

No NT forms support this principal part.

Perfect active

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidencePerfect active

No NT forms support this principal part.

Perfect middle/passive

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidencePerfect middle/passive

No NT forms support this principal part.

Aorist passive

No supporting NT evidence

Not available from current evidenceAorist passive

No NT forms support this principal part.

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Finite verb paradigms

Indicative mood

Indicative mood, grouped by number
NumberPersonImperfect DeponentPresent DeponentReferences
SingularFirst—
Third
PluralFirst—

Participle paradigms

Present Deponent participles

Present Deponent participles, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseMasculineFeminineNeuterReferences
SingularNominative
—
Genitive————
Dative————
Accusative
Vocative————
PluralNominative—
—
Genitive————
Dative————
Accusative——
Luke 12:19
Vocative————

NT distribution

NT Book

κεῖμαι

Book distribution counts: John: 7 occurrences; Luke: 6 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Revelation: 2 occurrences; 1 John: 1 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 1 occurrences; Philippians: 1 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 1 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 1 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 1 occurrences

Author

κεῖμαι
  • John10
  • Luke6
  • Paul5
  • Matthew3

Author distribution counts: John: 10 occurrences; Luke: 6 occurrences; Paul: 5 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences