Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
koitē
Simplified transliteration
koite
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. |