“apokeimai”

Quick Facts:

Pronunciation: ap-ok’-i-mahee
Strongs Concordance: #G606
- to be laid away, laid by,
- reserved reserved for one, awaiting him
Appears 4 times in 4 verses in the New Testament
Common translations
- “appointed” (1x)
- “laid” (2x)
- “put away” (1x)

Luke 19:20 NASB – “”Another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;”
Colossians 1:5 NASB – “because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel”
2 Timothy 4:8 NASB – “in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
Hebrews 9:27 NASB – “And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,”

In no instance of a verse with the word apokeimai is any mention of person being appointed to rule others.