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

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

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}