Quick Definition
a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity
Strong's Definition
a sodomite
Derivation: from G730 (ἄῤῥην) and G2845 (κοίτη);
KJV Usage: abuser of (that defile) self with mankind
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρσενοκοίτης, ἀρσενοκοιτου, ὁ (ἄρσην a male; κοίτη a bed), one who lies with a male as with a female, a sodomite: 1Co_6:9; 1Ti_1:10. (Anthol. 9, 686, 5; ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρσενοκοίτης arsenokoitēs 2x
a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity, a sodomite, pedarest, 1Co_6:9 ; 1Ti_1:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀρσενοκοίτης , -ου , ὁ
( < ἄρσην , κοιτή ),
a sodomite: 1Co_6:9 , 1Ti_1:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρσενοκοίτης [page 79]
According to Nδgeli (p. 46) this word is first found among the poets of the Imperial period, e.g. Epigr. adesp. Anthol. Pal. IX. 686 .5 . Cf. for the verb Or. Sib. ii. 73 μὴ ἀρσενοκοιτεῖν , μὴ συκοφαντεῖν , μήτε φονεύειν
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀρσενοκοίτης [Etym: κοίτη] "lying with men", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀρσενοκοίτης, -ου, ὁ
(ἄρσην, κοιτή),
a sodomite: 1Co.6:9, 1Ti.1:10.†
(AS)
