κεῖμαι

Matthew 3:10 κεῖται. is applied.

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Here: Present tense: the axe 'is lying' there now. It is not yet swinging; it has been set in position, ready. The picture is the moment just before the stroke.

Matthew 5:14 κειμένη· lying;

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Here: "Lying, situated": an ongoing state, so the city stays on its height. It describes where the city is and says nothing about who built it. The supplied gloss "appointed" is a different use of this verb and doesn't apply here.

Matthew 28:6 ἔκειτο He was lying

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

Here: The imperfect tense pictures an ongoing state: 'where he was lying'. It is the word for a body lying still. That state has now ended.

Luke 2:12 κείμενον lying

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 2:16 κείμενον lying

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

Luke 2:34 κεῖται is appointed

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Here: Literally 'lies' or 'is laid': the same verb used twice for the baby 'lying in a manger' (2:12, 16). Here it means 'is set in place, destined', and it may evoke a stone laid in position that some trip over (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16).

Luke 3:9 κεῖται· is applied;

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Here: 'Is lying' or 'has been set'. The axe is resting in position, ready for the first stroke. The picture is of a moment just before the swing.

Luke 12:19 κείμενα laid up

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Here: A present participle: 'lying there,' stored, put by. The goods sit idle in the barn. They are not moving toward anyone else.

Luke 23:53 κείμενος.¶ laid.

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

John 2:6 κείμεναι, standing,

Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

Here: 'Set in place' or 'standing there'. The jars were fixtures of the house, not brought in for the miracle.

John 19:29 ἔκειτο was set [there]

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

Here: Imperfect tense: the jar 'was lying/standing there' as part of the background. John sets the scene: the drink was already at hand, so it could be given at once when Jesus said 'I am thirsty' (v. 28).

John 20:5 κείμενα lying [there]

He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

John 20:6 κείμενα lying [there]

Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

Here: "Lying (there)." The cloths stay where they were and have not been carried off with a body. The word appears in v. 5, here, and again in v. 7, so the narrator stresses it three times.

John 20:7 κείμενον lying

The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

Here: 'Lying' (present participle). John has already used it twice of the linen cloths (vv. 5, 6). The repetition stresses that the wrappings were still lying there, undisturbed and left behind.

John 20:12 ἔκειτο was laying

and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

Here: Imperfect tense, 'was lying', the ongoing state of a body laid out. In context it describes a state that has ended, so English rightly says 'had lain'. The same verb was used of the linen cloths 'lying' there (20:5–7).

John 21:9 κειμένην lying

When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.

1 Corinthians 3:11 κείμενον, being already laid,

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Here: "Lying in place". This verb serves as the passive "has been laid" of tithēmi (the verb just used), so there is a deliberate echo: no one can lay (theinai) another, because one already lies laid (keimenon). It describes a fixed and finished state.

2 Corinthians 3:15 κεῖται· lies;

And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

1 Thessalonians 3:3 κείμεθα· we are destined;

so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

Here: Literally 'we lie / are laid', used figuratively for being placed or appointed in a position. Present tense: this is where 'we' stand now. It describes a vocation God has set them in, not a blind fate.

1 Timothy 1:9 κεῖται, is enacted,

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

Here: A standard legal expression: a law 'lies', meaning it is laid down, enacted and in force. The question is who the statute is aimed at, not whether it exists.

1 John 5:19 κεῖται. lies.

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Here: "Lies" in a position or state. With "in" a person, Greek used it for being in someone's power or at their disposal. The picture is passive: the world is not fighting the evil one but lying in his grip.

Revelation 4:2 ἔκειτο was set

At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

Here: 'Was standing set'. The throne is already in place, fixed and established; John does not watch it being put there. The imperfect tense describes a settled state.

Revelation 21:16 κεῖται, lies,

The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.