noun · masculine
koitōnos
Greekκοιτών (koitōn)
Strong’sG2846
a bed-chamber
stem koitōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κοιτών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(< κοίτη = Att.., δωμότιον, v. Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר, II Ki 4:7, Jl 2:16, I Es 3:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2846 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoy-tone'
a bedroom
Fromfrom G2845;
King James+ chamberlain.
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 | koitōnos | koitōnois |
| object accusative | koitōnon | koitōnoin |
| direct address vocative | koitōnor | koitōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | koitōnou1×κοιτῶνος | koitōnoiu |
| to, for dative | koitōno | koitōnoi |
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
koitōno 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
koitōnou“chamberlain”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 12:20“chamberlain”Ate de thumomacharōtos Turioi kai Sidōnioi; homothumadōs de pareiale pros auton, kai peitharatois Blaston ton epi tou koitōnou tou basilevou aitele eirēnan dia tem trefirō autoiu tan chōran apo tau basilikau.Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.