Greek verb · G2621
κατάκειμαι
katakeimaikat-ak'-i-mahee
to lie down.; to lie sick; to recline at meals
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katákeimai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2621is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2621
to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal
The King James renders it: keep, lie, sit at meat (down).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katakeimai is rendered "to lie down.; to lie sick; to recline at meals". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to lie down.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 1:30Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
Mark 1:30κατέκειτο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's twelve uses are in Mark.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to lie down., and to lie sick, and to recline at meals.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to lie down. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 1:30Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her. |
| to lie sickMrk.1:30 2:4, Jhn.5:6, Act.28:8; before ἐπί with genitive, Act.9:33; id. with accusative, Luk.5:25; ἐν, Jhn.5:3. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 1:30Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her. |
| to recline at meals | Tagged as
| WhereMark 2:15While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατά | kata | according to | Uses468 |
| καταβαίνω | katabaino | to come/go down | Uses81 |
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| καταγγέλλω | katangello | to proclaim | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| καταισχύνω | kataischyno | to dishonor | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
and 73 more on the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατέκειτο4
- κατακείμενον3
- κατακεῖσθαι2
- κατακείμενοι1
- κατακειμένου1
- κατάκειται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-INI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular3V-PNP-ASM
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PNN
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-PNP-GSM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PNP-NPM
Mark
four uses
Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
- κατέκειτοkatekeitoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was laying sick
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
- κατέκειτοkatekeitoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was lying
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
- κατακεῖσθαιkatakeisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: reclining
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
- κατακειμένουkatakeimenouverb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when is reclining
Luke
three uses
And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
- κατέκειτοkatekeitoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was lying
Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
- κατακείμενοιkatakeimenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: reclining
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- κατάκειταιkatakeitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: reclines back
John
two uses
On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
- κατέκειτοkatekeitoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were lying
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
- κατακείμενονkatakeimenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: lying
Acts
two uses
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
- κατακείμενονkatakeimenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: lying
The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
- κατακεῖσθαιkatakeisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: lying
1 Corinthians
one use
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
- κατακείμενονkatakeimenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: eating
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.