Bedroom/chamberlain
κοιτώνStrong’s G2846koitōn
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Koitōn is the Greek word usually translated “bedchamber”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bedchamber”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bedchamber 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κοιτών koitōn · bedroom/chamberlain
κοιτών, -ῶνος, ὁ (κοίτη = Att.., δωμότιον, see Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר, 2Ki.4:7, Jol.2:16; I Est.3:3, al. ;] a bed-chamber; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κ., a chamberlain: Act.12:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bedchamber” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BED'CHAMBER, noun
[bed and chamber.]
An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or for sleep and repose.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.