ΚΑΤΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ, κατεκειντο
KATEKEINTO, katekeinto
Sounds Like: kah-teh-KINE-toh
Translations: they were lying down, they lay, they were reclining
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down') and the verb κεῖμαι (keimai, 'to lie, to be laid'). It means to lie down, to recline, or to be laid down. It is often used to describe people reclining at a meal or lying ill in bed.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2621 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 1:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ — to lie down, to recline, to be laid, to be sick, to be at table
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙ — lying down, reclining, those who are lying down, those who are reclining
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those lying down, (to) those reclining, (to) those who are lying down, (to) those who are reclining
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — lying down, reclining, lying ill, laid up
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying down, reclining, lying ill, confined to bed
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — lying down, reclining, lying ill, being laid
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lying down, reclining, lying ill, lying, those lying down, those reclining, those lying ill
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of those lying down, of those reclining, of those who are lying down, of those who are reclining
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΣΑΙ — you lie down, you recline, you are laid
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΣΕ — lie down, recline, be laid, be sick, be confined to bed
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΣΗ — will lie down, will recline, will be laid, will be lying
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to lie down, to recline, to be confined to bed, to be ill
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΙΤΑΙ — lies, is lying, lies down, is laid, is situated, is reclining
- ΚΑΤΑΚΙΣΘΑΙ — to lie down, to be laid, to recline, to be situated, to be placed
- ΚΑΤΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was lying down, lay, was laid, was situated, was placed
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