2845. koité
Strong's Lexicon
koité: Bed, marriage bed, sexual relations

Original Word: κοίτη
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: koité
Pronunciation: koy-TAY
Phonetic Spelling: (koy'-tay)
Definition: Bed, marriage bed, sexual relations
Meaning: (a) a bed, (b) a marriage bed; plur: repeated (immoral) sexual intercourse.

Word Origin: From the verb κεῖμαι (keimai), meaning "to lie down."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of a bed or lying down is מִשְׁכָּב (mishkav), Strong's Hebrew 4904, which also carries connotations of a place of rest or sexual relations.

Usage: The Greek word "κοίτη" primarily refers to a bed or a place of lying down. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to denote sexual relations or the marriage bed. The term can carry both neutral and negative connotations, depending on the context, such as in discussions of marital intimacy or illicit sexual behavior.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek and Jewish culture, the bed was not only a piece of furniture but also a symbol of intimacy and rest. The marriage bed, in particular, was considered sacred, representing the union between husband and wife. The use of "κοίτη" in the New Testament reflects these cultural understandings, often highlighting the sanctity of marriage or warning against sexual immorality.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from keimai
Definition
a bed
NASB Translation
bed (2), conceived* (1), sexual promiscuity (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2845: κοίτη

κοίτη, κοίτης, (ΚΑΩ, ΚΑΙΩ, κεῖμαι akin to κοιμάω); from Homer, Odyssey 19, 341 down; the Sept. chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה etc.;

a. a place for lying down, resting, sleeping in; a bed, couch: εἰς τήν κοίτην (see εἰμί, V. 2 a.) εἰσιν, Luke 11:7.

b. specifically, the marriage-bed, as in the Tragg.: τήν κοίτην μιαίνειν, of adultery (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 4, 5; Plutarch, de fluv. 8, 3), Hebrews 13:4.

c. cohabitation, whether lawful or unlawful (Leviticus 15:4f, 21-25, etc.; Wis. 3:13, 16; Euripides, Med. 152; Alc. 249): plural sexual intercourse (see περιπατέω, b. α.), Romans 13:13 (A. V. chambering); by metonymy, of the cause for the effect we have the peculiar expression κοίτην ἔχειν ἐκ τίνος, to have conceived by a man, Romans 9:10; κοίτη σπέρματος, Leviticus 15:16; Leviticus 22:4; Leviticus 18:20, 23 (here κοίτη εἰς σπερματισμόν); on these phrases cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans 2, p. 291f.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bed, chambering, cohabitation

From keimai; a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm -- bed, chambering, X conceive.

see GREEK keimai

Forms and Transliterations
κοιταις κοίταις κοίτας κοιτη κοίτη κοιτην κοίτην κοίτης κοιτών koitais koítais koite koitē koíte koítē koiten koitēn koíten koítēn
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 11:7 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κοίτην εἰσίν οὐ
NAS: and my children and I are in bed; I cannot
KJV: me in bed; I cannot rise
INT: in the bed are not

Romans 9:10 N-AFS
GRK: ἐξ ἑνὸς κοίτην ἔχουσα Ἰσαὰκ
NAS: also, when she had conceived [twins] by one man,
KJV: also had conceived by
INT: by one conception having Issac

Romans 13:13 N-DFP
GRK: μέθαις μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις
NAS: and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality,
KJV: not in chambering and
INT: drinking not in sexual immorality and sensuality

Hebrews 13:4 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος πόρνους
NAS: all, and the [marriage] bed [is to be] undefiled;
KJV: all, and the bed undefiled: but
INT: and the bed [be] undefiled the sexually immoral

Strong's Greek 2845
4 Occurrences


κοίταις — 1 Occ.
κοίτη — 1 Occ.
κοίτην — 2 Occ.

















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