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κατάκειμαι G2621
G2621 is the Greek word κατάκειμαι, transliterated katákeimai. The King James Version most often renders it lay.
What it means
to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal.
Where it comes from
from G2596 (κατά) and G2749 (κεῖμαι).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: keep, lie, sit at meat (down).
Verses using κατάκειμαι
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
Mark 1:30 · KJV
But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Mark 2:15 · KJV
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Mark 14:3 · KJV
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Luke 5:25 · KJV
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
Luke 5:29 · KJV
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
John 5:3 · KJV
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
John 5:6 · KJV
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
Acts 9:33 · KJV
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Acts 28:8 · KJV
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
1 Corinthians 8:10 · KJV
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
Common questions
What does Strong's G2621 mean?
G2621 is the Greek word κατάκειμαι (katákeimai), meaning to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal.
How is G2621 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it lay (4 times), sat at meat (2 times), sat down (1 time), lie (1 time), kept (1 time), among others.
How many times does G2621 appear in the Bible?
κατάκειμαι (katákeimai) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2621 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G2596 (κατά) and G2749 (κεῖμαι).
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