Quick Definition
I recline, am lying ill
Strong's Definition
to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2749 (κεῖμαι);
KJV Usage: keep, lie, sit at meat (down)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάκειμαι; imperfect 3 person singular κατέκειτο; (κεῖμαι, to lie (see κατά, III. 1)); to have lain down i. e. to lie prostrate;
a. of the sick (cf. colloquial, 'down sick') (Herodotus 7, 229; Lucian, Icarom. 31; (Plutarch, vit. Cicero 43, 3)): Mar_1:30; Joh_5:6; Act_28:8; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the couch or pallet, Mar_2:4 R G L marginal reading; (Act_9:33 R G); Luk_5:25 R L; ἐπί τιονς, Act_9:33 (L T Tr WH); ἐπί τί, Luk_5:25 T Tr WH (Buttmann, § 147, 24 note; Winer's Grammar, 408 (381) note); ἐν with the dative of place, Joh_5:3.
b. of those at meals, to recline (Athen. 1, 42, p. 23 c.; Xenophon, an. 6, 1, 4; conv. 1, 14; Plato, conv., p. 177 d.; rep. ii., p. 372 d., etc.; (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 1, 19; see ἀνάκειμαι): absolutely, Mar_14:3; Luk_5:29; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mar_2:15; 1Co_8:10; Luk_7:37 L T Tr WH.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάκειμαι katakeimai 12x
to lie, be in a recumbent position, be laid down, Mar_1:30 ; Mar_2:4 ; Luk_5:25 ; Joh_5:3 ; Joh_5:6 ; Act_9:33 ; Act_28:8 ;
to recline at table, Mar_2:15 ; Mar_14:3 ; Luk_5:29 ; Luk_7:37 ; 1Co_8:10 * lie down; recline.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατά -κειμαι ,
[in LXX : Pro_6:9 ; Pro_23:34 ( H7901 ), Jdt_13:15 , Wis_17:7 * ;]
1. to lie down.
2. to lie sick: Mar_1:30 ; Mar_2:4 , Joh_5:6 , Act_28:8 ; seq . ἐπί c . gen ., Act_9:33 ; id . c . acc , Luk_5:25 ; ἐν , Joh_5:3 .
3. to recline at meals ( cf. ἀνάιειμαι ): Mar_14:3 , Luk_5:29 ; seq . ἐν , Mar_2:15 , Luk_7:37 , 1Co_8:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάκειμαι [page 326]
For this verb used of one ill, as in Mar_1:30 al. , cf. P Ryl II. 68 .16 (B.C. 89) ὤ̣ [στε ] διὰ τὰς πληγὰς ἀρρωστη̣σ̣α̣σα ( l. σαν ) κατακεῖσαι ( l. κεῖσθαι ) κινδυνεύο̣υ̣σα ( l. σαν ) τῶι βίωι , the blows caused me to be laid up with sickness and my life is endangered (Edd.), P Tebt II. 422 .19 (iii/A.D.) κατα̣κιται , she is laid up, and see Field Notes , p. 25. The word has a technical significance in P Oxy VII. 1040 .32 (A.D. 225) κύρια [τὰ γ ]ράμματα δισσὰ γραφέντα ὡς ἐν [δ ]ημοσίῳ κατακείμενα , this bond, which is written in duplicate, is valid as if publicly registered (Ed.), ib. X. 1257 .1 (iii/A.D.) τῷ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα τῷ ἐν δ [η ]μοσ [ίῳ κατα ]κειμένῳ , to the individual list lodged in the archives (Edd.). See also P Strass I. 41 .29 (A.D. 250) δύο ταλάντ ]ων παρ᾽ ἐκείνῳ κ [ατ ]ακειμένων , indem die zwei Talente bei ihm beruhten (Ed.), and the contracted κα̣τα̣κ in Meyer Ostr 76 .2 (A.D. 68) which the editor resolves into κατακ (ειμένου ) and understands as referring to verfallenen (?) wheat. In Kaibel 702 .7 κατάκειμε λιπὼν πένθος γονέ [εσ ]σι , the compound takes the place of the simplex κεῖμε in .1 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατάκειμαι epic 3rd pl. κατακείαται ionic -κέαται subj. -κέωμαι [Etym: Pass., only in pres. and imperf.] fut. mid. -κείσομαι "to lie down, lie outstretched", Hom. , Ar. ; κατακείω used as fut. of κατάκειμαι κατακείετε οἴκαδ᾽ ἰόντες, Od. ; σπείσαντες κατακείομεν (epic for -κείωμεν), id=Od. ; κακκείοντες ἔβαν (epic part.) they went "to lie" down, Hom. "to lie hid, lurk", Hom. "to lie stored up", Lat. reponi, Il. , Hes. "to lie sick", Hdt. :— also "to lie idle", Xen. "to recline at meals", Lat. accumbere, πῖνε, κατάκεισο Ar. of land, "to lie sloping to the sea" (so Hor. "Usticae cubantis)", Pind.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατά-κειμαι
[in LXX: Pro.6:9 23:34 (שָׁכַב), Jdth.13:15, Wis.17:7 * ;]
__1. to lie down.
__2. to 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.
__3. to recline at meals (cf. ἀνάιειμαι): Mrk.14:3, Luk.5:29; before ἐν, Mrk.2:15, Luk.7:37, 1Co.8:10.†
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