- Original: κειρία - Transliteration: Keiria - Phonetic: ki-ree'-ah - Definition: 1. a band, either for bed-girth, or for tying up a corpse after it has been swathed in linen - Origin: of uncertain affinity - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; a swathe that is winding sheet: - graveclothes. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • graveclothes, 1 Joh 11:44