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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77126" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77126" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Κοίτη''''' ''' (Strong'S #2845 — Noun [[Feminine]] — koite — koy'-tay ) </div> <p> primarily a place in which to lie down, hence, "a bed, especially the marriage bed," denotes, in Romans 13:13 , "illicit intercourse." See [[Bed]] , Conceive. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99347" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99347" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2171" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2171" /> == | ||
<p> '''''chām´bẽr''''' -'''''ing''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> '''''koı́tais''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, <i> Clerk's [[Tale]] </i> , 766, a concubine. </p> | <p> ''''' chām´bẽr ''''' - ''''' ing ''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> ''''' koı́tais ''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, <i> Clerk's [[Tale]] </i> , 766, a concubine. </p> | ||
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