κεῖμαι

kei'mai kei'mai; imperfect 3 person singular
e[keito; to lie;1. properly: of an infant, followed by
ejn with the dative of place, (Tdf. omits
keivmenon),16; of one buried:
o{pou or
ou|, ; ; Rec.;; of things that quietly cover some spot, (R G L brackets); ;; with
ejpiv
tiv added, ;
ejpavnw
tivno" (of a city situated on a hill), ; also of things put or set in any place, in reference to which we often use to stand: thus of vessels, ; (
cuvtra"
keimena", Xenophon, oec. 8, 19); of a throne, (; Homer, Iliad 2, 777; Odyssey 17, 331);
kei'sqai
prov"
tiv, to be brought near to a thing (see
prov", I. 2 a.), ; ; absolutely, of the site of a city,
tetragono"
kei'tai, ; of grain and other things laid up, gathered together, ; of a foundation, .2. metaphorically, a. to be (by God's intent) set, i. e. destined, appointed: followed by
eij" with the accusative indicating the purpose, ; (16); . b. as very often in secular authors (cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1694b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV. 2)), of laws, to be made, laid down:
tivni, . c.
oJ
kovsmo"
o{lo"
ejn
tw'/
ponhrw'/
kei'tai, lies in the power of the evil one, i. e. is held in subjection by the devil, . (Compare:
ajnavkeimai,
sunanavkeimai,
ajntivkeimai,
ajpovkeimai,
ejpivkeimai,
katavkeimai,
paravkeimai,
perivkeimai,
provkeimai.)*