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κατάκειμαι

To recline

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κατάκειμαι G2621
Pronunciation katákeimai

What does κατάκειμαι (katákeimai) mean in the Bible?

κατάκειμαι (katákeimai) is a Greek word meaning "to recline". κατά-κειμαι [in LXX: Pro.

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Meaning

to recline
Extended definition

Recline at table for meals or lie sick; distinguishes physical posture from standing or sitting positions.

1to lie down.
2to lie sick: Mrk.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.
3to recline at meals (cf. ἀνάιειμαι): Mrk.14:3, Luk.5:29; before ἐν, Mrk.2:15, Luk.7:37, 1Co.8:10.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Imperfect Present
Voices
Middle
Indicative states a fact or reality 5×
Imperfect Middle Mark 1:30 · Mark 2:4 · Luke 5:25 · John 5:3 4×
Present Middle Luke 7:37 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×
Present Middle John 5:6 · Acts 9:33 · 1 Cor 8:10 · Mark 14:3 · Luke 5:29 5×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Present Middle Mark 2:15 · Acts 28:8 2×
12 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing 1 background 4 infinitive 2 participle 4
Tense
present 7 imperfect 4
Voice
middle 11
Mood
indicative 5 participle 4 infinitive 2
NT Occurrences
Mark 1:30 κατέκειτο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 2:15 κατακεῖσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Mark 2:4 κατέκειτο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 14:3 κατακειμένου present middle participle participle Luke 5:25 κατέκειτο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 7:37 κατάκειται present middle indicative ongoing John 5:3 κατέκειτο imperfect middle indicative background John 5:6 κατακείμενον present middle participle participle Acts 9:33 κατακείμενον present middle participle participle Acts 28:8 κατακεῖσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive 1 Corinthians 8:10 κατακείμενον present middle participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Mark 1:30 lay katákeimai
to lie sick in bed with fever
Mark 14:3 reclined katákeimai
to recline at table during a meal
John 5:6 lying katákeimai
to lie in a disabled or infirm condition
Luke 7:37 reclined katákeimai
to recline at meals in a dining setting
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

κατάκειμαι · συνεσθίω G2621, G4906
recline at table, eat together
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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