to lay/be appointed
keimai describes something situated or resting in place, and in some clauses a person or law set for a stated purpose.
The predominant use presents people, objects, or things as situated, resting, or laid in a specified place or relation; a smaller group uses the verb in statements that set a person or law in view of a stated purpose or outcome.
Senses in use
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Situated or resting in a place or relation · dominant
Present participles describe visible placement: in John 20:5 the APB renders the linen cloths as “lying there,” in John 21:9 fish as lying on a charcoal fire, and in Luke 2:12 an infant as lying in a manger. Present indicatives also place the axe at the trees' root in Matthew 3:10 and describe the city's equal dimensions in Revelation 21:16; the imperfect in John 19:29 places a vessel there in the scene.
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Set with a stated purpose or applicability · common
In Luke 2:34, the present indicative occurs in Simeon's statement that the child is appointed for the fall and rising of many. In Philippians 1:16 and 1 Thessalonians 3:3, first-person present indicatives occur in statements of being appointed for defense of the gospel and for pressures; in 1 Timothy 1:9 the law is said not to be laid down for a just person.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clauses with “lying,” “laid,” “lies,” “set,” and “appointed,” as in John 20:5, Matthew 5:14, and Luke 2:34. These are whole-verse presentations rather than fixed word-for-word renderings.