Quick Definition
κοιτών, ῶνος, ὁ n.m. a bed-chamber
Strong's Definition
a bedroom
Derivation: from G2845 (κοίτη);
KJV Usage: + chamberlain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ῶνος | κεῖμαι
7.29 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings
bedroom a room in a house for sleeping It would be wrong to render the expression ‘who was in charge of the king’s bedroom’ in ACT 12:20 as meaning simply one who kept the bedroom clean. A person such as Blastus would have been a highly respected person with considerable responsibility for the king’s living quarters and personal affairs. The expression may be adequately rendered in ACT 12:20 by speaking of Blastus as ‘a high official.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κοιτών, -Gvos, ὁ, (fr. κοίτη ; cf. νυμφών etc.), a sleepingroom, bed-chamber: 6 ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτ. the officer who is over the bed-chamber, the chamberlain, Acts xii. 20 (2 S. iv. 7; Ex. viii. 3; 1 Esdr. iii.3; the Atticists censure the word, for which Attie writ. generally used δωμάτιον; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 252 sq.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κοιτών koitōn 1x
a bed-chamber, Acts 12:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κοιτών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(< κοίτη = Att.., δωμότιον, v. Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר, II Ki 4:7, Jl 2:16, I Es 3:3, al.;]
a bed-chamber; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κ., a chamberlain: Ac 12:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κοιτών. This late word = ‘‘ bed-chamber,” which is condemned by Phrynichus (ed. Lobeck, p. 252), may be illustrated from P Tebt I. 12014 (B.c. 97 or 64) ἐν τῶι κοιτῶ(νι), P Oxy I. 767° (A.D. 179) συμπόσιον καὶ κοιτῶνα, 70. IIT. 47178 (ii/a.D.) ἐκ τοῦ] κοιτῶνος ἐξιόντα τὸν παῖδα. This last papyrus κοιτονικὴ μία, , KOKKLVOS «ἐᾷ bed-cover”’ or ‘‘ mattress,” is mentioned on an ostracon containing an inventory of clothing and furniture, 7761. Wecole p- 184, No. 107 (prob. Ptol.). In the inserr. we frequently meet with ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος = “‘cubicularius,” e.g. OGIS 256° (c. B.C. 130) ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος τῆς βασιλίσσης (other exx, in Magie, p. 73): cf. Ac 127°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κοιτών (koitōn) — bedroom/chamberlain. κοιτών, ῶνος, ὁ, bed-chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+]chamberlain, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ κ. Σεβαστοῦ, = Latin cubicularius Augusti, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. grave, [Refs]
3. nursery, ἐν κ. εἶναι to be an infant, minor, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II. landing-place, [Refs]