Word Summary
apokeimai: to be laid away, be laid up in store
Original Word: ἀπόκειμαιTransliteration: apokeimai
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok'-i-mahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be laid away, be laid up in store
Meaning: to be laid away, be laid up in store
Strong's Concordance
be appointed.
From apo and keimai; to be reserved; figuratively, to await -- be appointed, (be) laid up.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK keimai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 606: ἀπόκειμαιἀπόκειμαι;
to be laid away, laid by, reserved (
ἀπό as in
ἀποθησαυρίζω (which see),
ἀποθήκη);
a. properly: Luke 19:20.
b. metaphorically, with the dative of person, reserved for one, awaiting him: Colossians 1:5 (ἐλπίς hoped-for blessedness); 2 Timothy 4:8 (στέφανος); Hebrews 9:27 (ἀποθανεῖν, as in 4 Macc. 8:10). (In both senses in Greek writings from Xenophon down.)