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κοίτη

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κοίτη, ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
koitē
Simplified transliteration: 
koite
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2845
GK Number: 
3130
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
(marriage) bed; conception; sexual immorality
Definition: 
a bed, Lk. 11:7; the conjugal bed, Heb. 13:4; meton. sexual intercourse, concubitus; hence, lewdness, whoredom, chambering, Rom. 13:13; in NT conception, Rom. 9:10*

Greek-English Concordance for κοίτη

Luke 11:7 and he from inside answers, ‘Do not cause me trouble; already the door has been locked and my children are with me in bed (koitēn | κοίτην | acc sg fem). I cannot get up and give you anything.’
Romans 9:10 Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived (koitēn | κοίτην | acc sg fem) twins by one man, our forefather Isaac —
Romans 13:13 Let us live becomingly, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual (koitais | κοίταις | dat pl fem) promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage must be honored by everyone and the marriage bed (koitē | κοίτη | nom sg fem) must be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and the adulterers.