Definition

to be reserved; figuratively, to await

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G2749 (κεῖμαι);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• κεῖμαι keîmai

How the KJV renders it

• be appointed
• (be) laid up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.