"to be laid up, as offerings; later, to lie, recline at table, Mt. 9:10"
Definition and meaning
to be laid up, as offerings; later, to lie, recline at table, Mt. 9:10
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀνάκειμαι
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of anakeimai (G345) across the King James Bible.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
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Common questions
Strong's G345 (anakeimai) is a Greek word that means: to be laid up, as offerings; later, to lie, recline at table, Mt. 9:10 It appears 13 times in the King James Bible.
The word anakeimai (G345) appears 13 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G345 is anakeimai, a Greek word defined as: to be laid up, as offerings; later, to lie, recline at table, Mt. 9:10. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
anakeimai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.