noun · feminine

koitas

Greekκοίτη (koitē)

Strong’sG2845

a bed, marriage bed

stem koit-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

bed2×conceiving,1×sexual immorality1×

What it means

κοίτη, -ης, ἡ (in Hom., κοῖτος),

[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁכָּב, also for שְׁכָבָה, etc.;]

a bed: Lk 11:7; esp. the marriage-bed: κ. ἀμίαντος, He 13:4; κ. ἔχειν, of a woman conceiving, Ro 9:10 (cf. peculiar phrases in LXX, Le 15:18, al.); of illicit intercourse, pl., Ro 13:13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2845 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkoy'-tay

a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm

Fromfrom G2749;

King Jamesbed, chambering, X conceive.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	koitas1×κοίτη	koitais
object accusative	koitan2×κοίτην	koitain
direct address vocative	koitar	koitair
of, belonging to genitive	koitau	koitaiu
to, for dative	koita	koitai1×κοίταις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

koitstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

koita is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

koitas“bed”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 13:4“bed”timios tos gamos en pantoi kai tas koitas amiantas, pornoin gar kai moichoin krinati tos theos.Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

koitan“bed”objectaccusative singular2×

Luke 11:7“bed”kakeinos esōthen apokriniratos legateia; Mē mi kopoin parechasōr; ēdē tas thuras kleiitē, kai teim paidieim mu meta mu eis tan koitan alō; ouk dunemō anistanaratos dōara si.And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

Romans 9:10“conceiving,”ouk monem de, alla kai Rebekkas ek henou koitan echarōtas, Isaak tou patērou nu;Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

koitai“sexual immorality”to, fordative plural1×

Romans 13:13“sexual immorality”hōs en hēmera euschēmonōs peripataneia, mē kōmoi kai methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē era kai zēlo,Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.