ΚΟΙΤΗΝ, κοιτην
KOITĒN, koitēn
Sounds Like: KOY-teen
Translations: bed, a bed, marriage bed, sexual intercourse, a place of rest
From the root: ΚΟΙΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a bed or a place of rest. In some contexts, it can also refer to the marriage bed, implying sexual intercourse or the act of lying with someone. It is used to describe a physical object for sleeping or resting, but can also be used metaphorically for intimate relations.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2845 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 4:17u
- 1 Maccabees — 1:5, 6:8
- Psalms — 40:4
- Proverbs — 7:17
- Song of Solomon — 3:1
- Wisdom — 3:13
- Sirach — 41:24
- Isaiah — 11:8, 17:2, 56:10
- Jeremiah — 10:22
- Luke — 11:7
- Romans — 9:10
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:7
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 5:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 49:4
- Exodus — 21:18
- Leviticus — 15:18, 15:26, 18:20, 18:22, 18:23, 19:20, 20:13
- Numbers — 5:13, 5:20, 31:17, 31:18, 31:35
- Judges — 21:11, 21:12
- 1 Kings — 1:47
- 1 Chronicles — 5:1
- Esther — 4:17
- 1 Maccabees — 1:5, 6:8
- Psalms — 40:4
- Proverbs — 7:17
- Song of Solomon — 3:1
- Wisdom — 3:13
- Sirach — 41:22
- Isaiah — 11:8, 17:2, 56:10
- Jeremiah — 10:22
- Ezekiel — 23:17
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΙΤΗ.
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.
- ΚΟΙΤΑΙ — beds, couches, marriage beds, sexual intercourse, places of rest
- ΚΟΙΤΑΙΣ — beds, couches, marriage beds, sleeping places
- ΚΟΙΤΑΣ — bed, a bed, couch, a couch, marriage bed, a marriage bed, sexual intercourse, a sexual intercourse
- ΚΟΙΤΗ — bed, a bed, couch, marriage bed, sexual intercourse, lying down
- ΚΟΙΤΗΣ — of a bed, of a marriage bed, of a couch, of a sleeping place, of a sexual intercourse, of a conception, of a womb
- ΟΙΤΗ — bed, a bed, couch, marriage bed, sexual intercourse, a lying down
- ΤΗΣΚΟΙΤΗΣ — of the bed, of a bed, of the couch, of a couch, of the marriage bed, of a marriage bed, of sexual intercourse
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.