- to lay/be appointed
- to be laid
- to lie
- be laid
- set
- stand
STEPBible TBESG
κεῖμαι
[in LXX: Jer.24:1 (יָעַד hoph,), al. ;]
used as passive of τίθημι (LS, see word), to be laid, to lie;
__(a) of persons: an infant, Luk.2:12, 16; a dead body, Mat.28:6, Luk.23:53, Jhn.20:12;
__(b) of things, to lie, be laid or set, stand: Mat.5:14, Jhn.2:6 19:29 20:5-7 21:9, Rev.4:2 21:16; trop. Θεμέλιος, 1Co.3:11; before prep. with accusative, πρός, Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9; εἰς, Luk.12:19; ἐπί, trop. κάλυμμα, 2Co.3:15. Metaphorical, ὁ κόσμος ἐν τ. πονηριῷ κ. 1Jn.5:19; to be laid down, appointed: of law, with dative of person(s), 1Ti.1:9; before εἰς with accusative (of purpose), Luk.2:34, Php.1:16, 1Th.3:3
(cf. ἀνά-, συν-ανά-, ἀντί-, ἀπό-, ἐπί-, κατά-, παρά-, περί-, πρό-κειμαι).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
to be laid; to lie; be laid; set; stand; to be laid down; appointed