Quick Definition
ἀπόκειμαι v. I have been put away, am stored, am reserved for
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 2749; to be reserved; figuratively, to await
KJV Usage: be appointed, (be) laid up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κεῖμαι
85.53 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to store, to put away in a place to put something away for safekeeping
13.73 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to exist, to exist for, to be set to exist, with the implication of having been established and thus having continuity and purpose In COL 1:5 the hope is the hope for reality, not a mere human feeling.
71.37 · Mode · Necessary, Unnecessary
to be necessary, must to be necessary in view of something being inevitable
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-κειμαι ; fo be laid away, laid by, reserved, (ἀπό as in ἀποθησαυρίζω [q- v-], ἀποθήκη); a. prop.: Lk. xix. 20. b. metaph., with dat. of pers., reserved for one, awaiting him: Col. i. 5 (ἐλπίς hoped-for blessedness) ; 2 Tim. iv. 8 (στέφανος) ; Heb. ix. 27 (ἀποθανεῖν, as in 4 Mace. viii. 10). (In both senses in Grk. writ. fr. Xen. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόκειμαι apokeimai 4x
to be laid up, preserved, Lk. 19:20; to be in store, be reserved, await any one, Col. 1:5; 2 Tim. 4:8; Heb. 9:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-κειμαι,
[in LXX: Ge 49:10 (שִׁילֹה), Jb 38:23 (חשׂךְ), II Mac 12:45, IV Mac 8:11*;]
to be laid up, in store, laid away: Lk 19:20. Metaph., c. dat. pers., to be reserved (Dem., Plat.; and v. MM, s.v.): Col 1:5, II Ti 4:8, He 9:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόκειμαι. P Par 6315.47 (ii/B.c.) ἀπόκειται γὰρ παρὰ θ[εοῦ] μῆνις τοῖς μὴ κατὰ τὸ βέλτιστον [προαι]ρουμένοις ζῆν: there is a suggestion of Rom 2ὅ. Closely parallel with the NT use of the verb is OGZS 3831® (the important inscription of Antiochus I., the quasi-Zoroastrian King of Commagene in i/B.C.) ols ἀποκείσεται παρὰ θεῶν καὶ ἡρώων χάρις εὐσεβείας (see Dittenberger’s note). For a similar use of the simplex cf. A/ag7 11 515 (ii/A.D.) δ]ὰ ταῦτά σοι κείσεται μεγάλη χάρις ἐμ βασιλέως οἴκωι, and see ZNTIW xy, p- 94 ff. With Heb 957 cf. A@zbe/ 4τό5 (late, Alexandria) ὡς εἰδὼς ὅτι πᾶσι βροτοῖς τὸ θανεῖν ἀπόκειται : there are no signs of Christianity in the epitaph. A more literal use, serving as transition to the next, is in BGU IV. 10237 (a.p. 185-6) γραφὴ θεακῶν (/. -yav: see reff. in Zed¢. Pap. I. p. 616) kal τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἀποκειμένων. The word is common in the sense ‘‘to be stored,” e.g. P Oxy I. 695 (A-D. 190) ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἀποκειμένων, BGU. 1. 275° , ἀποκλείω (A.D. 215) ἐν ἢ αὐλῇ ἐστὶν ἀποκειμένη μηχανή, P Tebt II. 34013 (A.D. 206) αἱ καὶ ἀποκείμεναι ἐν θησ(αυρῷ) ἐπὶ σφραγῖδι ᾿Αμμωνίου, “which are stored at the granary under the seal of A.” (Edd.), and P Lond Inv. no. 18857 (A.D. 114-5—published by Bell in Archiv vi. p. 102) τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ βιβλία ἀποκείμενα, documents ‘‘ housed ” in the βιβλιοθήκη ἐγκτήσεων. In Deut 3254 οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα συνῆκται παρ᾽ ἐμοί, καὶ ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου, Symmachus_ substitutes ἀπόκειται for συνῆκται.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπόκειμαι (apokeimai) — to lay up. ἀπόκειμαι, future -κείσομαι, used as passive of ἀποτίθημι, to be laid away from, προμαθείας ἀπόκεινται ῥοαί the tides of events lie beyond our foresight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. absolutely, to be laid up in store, of money, ἀ. ἔνδον ἀργύριον[Refs 6th c.BC+]; τινί for one's use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάρις.. ξύν᾽ ἀπόκειται (as Reisig for ξῠναπόκειται) is laid up as a common possession, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, to be kept in reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολύς σοι [γέλως] ἐστὶν ἀποκείμενος you have great store of laughter in reserve, [Refs]; ἀ. εἰς.. to be reserved for an occasion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῆς συγγνώμης ὠφέλιμον, ἔλεος ἀ. τινί, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σοφία ἐς ἐκείνας [τὰς τέχνας] ἀποκείσθω let the name of wisdom be reserved for.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν ἀπόκειται τὸ πεισθῆναι you reserve your acquiescence, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with infinitive, ἀτυχήματα ἀπόκειταί τινι ἐνευδοκιμεῖν[NT+4th c.BC+]
II.2. to be buried, Not. Scav.1923.49.
III. to be laid aside, neglected, ἀ. πόρρω[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. ἀποκειμένη καὶ παλαιὰ φύσις stale, of perfume, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. to be exposed, lie open, to, χώρα ἀ. βαρβάροις[Refs 6th c.AD+]