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κατάκειμαι

katakeimaito reclineHow to read Greek
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Definition

κατά-κειμαι

[in LXX: Proverbs 6:9; 23:34 (שָׁכַב), Jdt.13.15, Wis.17.7 * ;]

1. to lie down.

2. to lie sick: Mark 1:30; 2:4, John 5:6, Acts 28:8; before ἐπί with genitive, Acts 9:33; id. with accusative, Luke 5:25; ἐν, John 5:3.

3. to recline at meals (cf. ἀνάιειμαι): Mark 14:3, Luke 5:29; before ἐν, Mark 2:15, Luke 7:37, 1 Corinthians 8:10.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Mark 1:30κατέκειτο · was sick in bed
    Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
  2. Mark 2:4κατέκειτο
    Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
  3. Mark 2:15κατακεῖσθαι · was dining
    While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
  4. Mark 14:3κατακειμένου · reclining at the table
    While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
  5. Luke 5:25κατέκειτο · he had been lying
    And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
  6. Luke 5:29κατακείμενοι · eating
    Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
  7. Luke 7:37κατάκειται · [Jesus] was dining
    When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
  8. John 5:3κατέκειτο · lay
    On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
  9. John 5:6κατακείμενον · lying [there]
    When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
  10. Acts 9:33κατακείμενον · [and] bedridden
    There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
  11. Acts 28:8κατακεῖσθαι · sick in bed
    The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
  12. 1 Corinthians 8:10κατακείμενον · eating
    For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?