Definition
κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc. ;]
a bed: Luke 11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Hebrews 13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Romans 9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Leviticus 15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Romans 13:13.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κοίτη:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Luke 11:7κοίτην · bedAnd suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
- Romans 9:10κοίτην · conceivedNot only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
- Romans 13:13κοίταις · in sexual immoralityLet us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Hebrews 13:4κοίτη · marriage bedMarriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.