bed • κοίτη

Lexical Definition

‎κοίτη‎ koítē (koy'-tay) bed ^G:N-F
from ‎κεῖμαι‎

bed, chambering, X conceive.

a couch
by extension, cohabitation
by implication, the male sperm

Usage: 6 forms in 67 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
κοιτών	their beds	LXX.Ps.149.5
κοίτησ	a bed	LXX.Job.33.15
	bed	LXX.Job.33.19
	her bed	LXX.Lev.15.21
	his bed	LXX.Exod.10.23 • LXX.Lev.15.5 • LXX.2Sam.4.11 • LXX.2Sam.11.2 • LXX.2Sam.11.13 • LXX.Ps.36.4 • LXX.Dan.7.1
	lair	LXX.Job.37.8
	my bed	LXX.Dan.4.5 • LXX.Dan.4.10 • LXX.Dan.4.13
	of fold	LXX.Job.37.5
	of their fold	LXX.Mic.2.12
	their fold	LXX.Jer.50.6
	your bed	LXX.Dan.2.28 • LXX.Dan.2.29
κοίτην	a bed	LXX.Isa.17.2 • LXX.Isa.56.10 • LXX.Jer.10.22
	as the marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.20.13
	bed	LXX.Exod.21.18 • LXX.Lev.15.26 • LXX.Isa.11.8 • Luke.11.7
	conception	Rom.9.10
	his bed	LXX.1Kgs.1.47
	in a marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.15.18 • LXX.Lev.18.22
	in marriage-bed	LXX.Num.5.13
	in the marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.19.20
	marriage-bed	LXX.Gen.49.4 • LXX.Num.31.17 • LXX.Num.31.18 • LXX.Num.31.35 • LXX.Judg.21.11 • LXX.Judg.21.12 • LXX.Ezek.23.17
	my bed	LXX.Prov.7.17 • LXX.Song.3.1
	of his bed	LXX.Ps.41.3
	of his marriage-bed	LXX.Num.5.20
	the marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.18.20
	your bed	LXX.2Sam.13.5
	your marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.18.23
κοίτη	bed	LXX.Lev.15.4 • LXX.Lev.15.24 • LXX.Lev.15.26 • LXX.2Sam.4.5 • LXX.Isa.57.7
	her bed	LXX.Lev.15.23
	in her bed	LXX.Lev.15.24
	in my bed	LXX.Job.7.13
	marriage bed	Heb.13.4
	marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.15.16 • LXX.Lev.15.32 • LXX.Lev.22.4
	of marriage-bed	LXX.Lev.15.17
κοίτασ	beds	LXX.2Sam.17.28
κοίταισ	in sexual immorality	Rom.13.13
	their beds	LXX.Hos.7.14 • LXX.Mic.2.1
	their lairs	LXX.Job.38.40
	your beds	LXX.Ps.4.4

Abbott-Smith

κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc.;]
a bed: Lk 11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, He 13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Ro 9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Le 15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Ro 13:13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book	Refs
Leviticus	15:18
Luke	11:7
Romans	9:10 · 13:13
Hebrews	13:4

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κοίτη-η, ἡ,

(κεῖμαι) ={κοῖτος} 1, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; bedstead, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; especially marriage-bed, [κοίτηας λέκτρον [prev. work] 436 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πετρίνη κοίτηη, of a cave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ. on a sick-bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοίτηαν δ᾽ ἔχει νέρθεν, of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίτηαις.. εὕδοι πεσών [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the bed of a river, [Refs 6th c.AD+]

__2 lair of a wild beast, nest of a bird, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ποιεῖσθαι, of the spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the fish ἐξώκοιτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 quarters, τῶν φυλακιτῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; see infr. VI.
__4 pen, fold for cattle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II act of going to bed, τῆς κοίτηης ὥρη bed-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτηῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain 'at bed and board', [Refs]; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον for going to bed, [κοίτηαν">Refs 5th c.BC+] to lie still in death, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III lodging, entertainment, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV of sexual connexion, κ. διδόναι [LXX]; κ. ἔχειν ἐκ.. to become pregnant by a man, [NT]; in bad sense, lasciviousness, [Refs]
__V parcel, lot of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VI chest, case, or basket, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.5.20 ☩ LXX.Lev.18.20 ☩ Rom.9.10}