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Strong's G2845 κοίτη (koite)

Koite means “bed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2845 — cheth (“Heth”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2845
Language Greek
Linked Usages 73
Books 25

Strong's G2845 Quick Answer

Strong's G2845 κοίτη (koite) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. koite (koy'-tay) n. 1. a couch 2. (by extension) cohabitation It has 73 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include bed and marriage. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
koite (koy'-tay) n. 1. a couch 2. (by extension) cohabitation
Usage
73 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
bed and marriage

Meaning and Definition

koite (koy'-tay) n. 1. a couch 2. (by extension) cohabitation 3. (figuratively) marriage bed, sexual intercourse 4. (by implication) the male sperm, conception [from G2749] KJV: bed, chambering, X conceive Root(s): G2749

Original Word
κοίτη
Transliteration
koite
Derivation
Root: κεῖμαι R1: 2749
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2845. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

bed

Usage: κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος) [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc. ;] a bed: Luk.11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, Heb.13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Rom.9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Lev.15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Rom.13:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2845 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render koite, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Marriage Hebrews 13:4 bed Luke 11:7

How Strong's G2845 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 61 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2845 (κοίτη) appears 71 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2845 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2845 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 11:7 KJV

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

Romans 9:10 KJV

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

Romans 13:13 KJV

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Strong's G2845 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

61 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 49:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, For thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; Then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.

Exodus 10:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.

Exodus 21:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

Strong's G2845 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 13:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.

1 Maccabees 1:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.

1 Maccabees 6:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.

Usage Excerpts

First 73 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2845.

Genesis 49:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, For thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; Then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.
Exodus 10:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.
Exodus 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
Leviticus 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation.
Leviticus 15:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it.
Leviticus 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus 18:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
Leviticus 18:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shalt thou lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connection with it; for it is an abomination.
Leviticus 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.
Leviticus 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.
Leviticus 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
Numbers 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and supposing anyone shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken;
Numbers 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if being a married woman thou hast transgressed, or been polluted, and anyone has lain with thee, beside thy husband:
Numbers 31:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.
Numbers 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.
Numbers 31:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.
Judges 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote to destruction, but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so.
Judges 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
2 Kingdoms 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rechab and Baanah the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Ish-bosheth; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
2 Kingdoms 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now evil men have slain a righteous man in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.
2 Kingdoms 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king’s house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Kingdoms 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
2 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon thy bed, and make thyself sick, and thy father shall come in to see thee; and thou shalt say to him, Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands.
2 Kingdoms 17:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
brought ten embroidered beds (with double coverings), and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse,
3 Kingdoms 1:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord King David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshiped upon his bed.
1 Chronicles 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but because of his going up to his father’s couch, his father gave his blessing to his son Joseph, even the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as firstborn;
Job 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said that my bed should comfort me, And I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
Job 33:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
sending a dream, Or in the meditation of the night (As when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, In slumberings on the bed):
Job 33:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, And the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
Job 37:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wild beasts come in under the covert, And rest in their lair.
Job 38:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they fear in their lairs, And lying in wait couch in the woods.
Psalms 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be ye angry, and sin not; Feel compunction upon your beds For what ye say in your hearts. Pause.
Psalms 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He devises iniquity on his bed; He gives himself to every evil way; And does not abhor evil.
Psalms 40:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 149:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The saints shall rejoice in glory; And shall exult on their beds.
Proverbs 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my house with cinnamon.
Song of Solomon 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
Isaiah 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.
Isaiah 17:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
abandoned forever, to be a fold and resting place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.
Isaiah 56:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 57:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat offerings:
Jeremiah 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting place.
Ezekiel 23:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.
Daniel 2:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,
Daniel 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O king: thy thoughts upon thy bed arose as to what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass.
Daniel 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
Daniel 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld in the night vision upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven, and cried aloud, and thus he said,
Daniel 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the first year of Belteshazzar king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.
Hosea 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.
Micah 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
Micah 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jacob shall be completely gathered with all his people: I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them:
Luke 11:7 New Testament, KJV
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Romans 9:10 New Testament, KJV
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Romans 13:13 New Testament, KJV
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Hebrews 13:4 New Testament, KJV
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Judith 13:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
1 Maccabees 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
1 Maccabees 6:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, Which hath not known the sinful bed: She shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, And the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; Neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and anger, and strife, And in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep, do change his knowledge.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So shalt thou be truly shamefaced, And find favor before all men.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2845, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2845 FAQ

What does koite (κοίτη) mean?

Koite (Strong's G2845) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bed". koite (koy'-tay) n. 1. a couch 2. (by extension) cohabitation

How many times is koite (κοίτη) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 73 linked usages for Strong's G2845 across 25 books.

Where can I study koite (κοίτη) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2845 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate koite (κοίτη)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bed and marriage. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2845 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 61 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2845, with linked reader references where each row is available.