Lexical Definition

‎κεῖμαι‎ keîmai (ki'-mahee) to lay/be appointed ^G:V
middle voice of a primary verb

be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie.

• to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

κεῖμαι, [in LXX: Je 24:1 (יעד hoph.), al.;]
used as passive of τίθημι (LS, s.v.), to be laid, to lie;
(a) of persons: an infant, Lk 2:12, 16; a dead body, Mt 28:6, Lk 23:53, Jo 20:12;
(b) of things, to lie, be laid or set, stand: Mt 5:14, Jo 2:6 19:29 20:5-7 21:9, Re 4:2 21:16; trop., Θεμέλιος, I Co 3:11; seq. prep. c. acc., πρός, Mt 3:10, Lk 3:9; εἰς, Lk 12:19; ἐπί, trop., κάλυμμα, II Co 3:15. Metaph., ὁ κόσμος ἐν τ. πονηριῷ κ., I Jo 5:19; to be laid down, appointed: of law, c. dat. pers., I Ti 1:9; seq. εἰς c. acc. (of purpose), Lk 2:34, Phl 1:16*, I Th 3:3 (cf. ἀνά-, συν-ανά-, ἀντί-, ἀπό-, ἐπί-, κατά-, παρά-, περί-, πρό-κειμαι).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κεῖμαι, κεῖσαι

[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect κέᾰται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative κεῖσο, κείσθω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular κέηται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative 3rd.pers. singular κέοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive κεῖσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle κεί μενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐκείμην [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect κείμην [Refs]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κέσκετο [Refs]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect κέατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future κείσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+], Doric dialect κεισεῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit śéte (={κεῖται}), also śáyate 'lie', Gr. κοίτη, κοιμάομαι, perhaps Latin cunae, etc.):—to be laid (used as passive to τίθημι): hence, lie, lie outstretched, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly with Preps., πυρὴν.. ᾗ ἔνι κεῖται Πάτροκλος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ὁ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα lay stretched over.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later κεῖσθαι εἰς.., in pregnant sense, εἰς ἀνάγκην κείμεθ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν κ. to be strewn upon the path, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], plan, opposed to elevation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 lie down to rest, repose, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; lie, remain, κεῖτο γὰρ ἐν νήεσσι.. Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; lie still, λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρ᾽ ἐλυσθεὶς κείμην, of Odysseus under the ram's belly, [Refs 8th c.BC+] a sleeping evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 lie sick or wounded, ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο, of Philoctetes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; lie in misery, ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κειμένῳ ἐπεμπηδᾶν to kick him when he's down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 lie dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rare in Prose, χίλιοι.. νεκροὶ κείμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4.b frequently also in epitaphs, lie buried, τῇδε κείμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τάφῳ, ἐν Ἅιδου, παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, τὸν χῶρον ἐν τῷ κέοιτο Ὀρέστης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ.ὑπό τινων to be buried by.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 frequently of a corpse, lie unburied, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also κεῖτ᾽ ἀπόθεστος.. ἐν πολλῇ κόπρῳ lay uncared for, of the old hound of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of places, lie in ruins, δόμοι.. χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθ᾽ ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 of wrestlers, have a fall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of places, to be situated, lie, νῆσος ἀπόπροθεν εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐν τῇ [γῇ] κείμενά ἐστι τὰ Σοῦσα (for κεῖται) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, πρὸς ἄρκτον, [Refs]
__II.2 of things, lie or be in a place, ὅθι οἱ φίλα δέμνι᾽ ἔκειτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕλε δίφρον κείμενον placed there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 fit, of shoes, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.4 κεῖσθαι, posture, attitude, as a category, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III to be laid up, in store, of goods, property, etc., δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βασιλῆϊ δὲ κεῖται ἄγαλμα is reserved.., [Refs]; μνῆμα ξείνοιο.. κέσκετ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι was left lying.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of things dedicated to a god, κ. ἐν θησαυρῷ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; of money, κείμενα deposits, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰ χρήματα ἐπὶ τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ κεῖταί μοι at his bank, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀργύριόν σοι κείσεται the caution-money shall be deposited, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δραχ μὴν ὑπόθες.—Answ. κεῖται πάλαι [Refs 4th c.BC+] shall be placed to her credit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV to be placed in position, τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ τοίχου.. κειμένων κιόνων [Refs]
__IV.2 to be set up, ordained, ἄεθλα κεῖτ᾽ ἐν ἀγῶνι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV.3 of laws, κεῖται νόμος the law is laid down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ νόμοι οἱ κείμενοι the established laws, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ κείμεναι ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπατικῶν γνῶμαι the votes given by.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]; οὐκέτι κ. ἡ διαθήκη no longer holds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of philosophical arguments, hold good, κατά τινων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.4 to be laid down in argument, posited, assumed, τοῦτο ἡμῖν οὕτω κείσθω [Refs 5th c.BC+]let it be assumed, [Refs]; τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς κείμενον the assumption, Refs; τὰ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἐν τοῖς περὶ ῥητορικῆς κ. [Refs]
__IV.5 of names, οὔνομα κεῖται the name is given, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς κείμενον [ὄνομα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κεῖσθαι without ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κείμενα ὀόματα established terms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.6 metaphorically, πάντα δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως βροτοῖς κεῖται, παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα danger is set before men, that they may.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V metaphorically, of continuing conditions, ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πένθος ἔκειτο lay heavy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὔστομα κείσθω remain unspoken, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεῖκος ἔκειτό τισι there was an enduring feud, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑλλήνων κείσομαι ἐν στόματι my name shall be a household word, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; μὴ κινεῖν (i.e. κακὸν) εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 ταῦτα θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, i.e. these things are yet in the power of the gods, to give or not, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__V.3 κεῖσθαι ἔν τινι to rest entirely or be dependent on him, ἐν ἀγαθοῖσι κ. πολίων κυβερνάσιες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with simple dative, Λεωφίλῳ πάντα κεῖται [Refs 7th c.BC+]; of things, depend upon, τὸ πανηγυρικὸν ἐν μελέτῃ καὶ τριβῇ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.4 in Medicine texts, to be left to settle, of urine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.4.b φάρυγξ οὐ φλεγμαίνουσα, κειμένη δέ[Refs]
__V.5 Grammars, of words and phrases, to be found, occur, παρὰ τῷ ποιητῃ [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ποῦ κεῖτα; [Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare Κειτούκειτο; κ. ἀντί τινος to be used instead of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ κείμενον the received text, [Refs 5th c.BC+]