Strong G2516καθέζομαι
to sit down
- Transliteration
- kathezomai
- Pronunciation
- kath-ed'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
καθ-έζομαι
[in LXX: Lev.12:5, al. (יָשַׁב), Job.39:28 (שָׁכַן);]
to sit down, sit: Jhn.20:12; before ἐν, Mat.26:55, Luk.2:46, Jhn.11:20, Act.6:15; before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.20:9; id. with dative, Jhn.4:6 (cf. παρα-καθέζ-, κάθημαι).†
καθ ̓ εἷς, see: (εἷς.)
(AS)
[in LXX: Lev.12:5, al. (יָשַׁב), Job.39:28 (שָׁכַן);]
to sit down, sit: Jhn.20:12; before ἐν, Mat.26:55, Luk.2:46, Jhn.11:20, Act.6:15; before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.20:9; id. with dative, Jhn.4:6 (cf. παρα-καθέζ-, κάθημαι).†
καθ ̓ εἷς, see: (εἷς.)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2516 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sit5
- sitting1
First verses
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- Luke 2:46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
- John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- John 11:20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
- John 20:12And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
- Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθέζομαι
(see. below), imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.9, “Cyr.” 5.3.25)] (but frequently as aorist 2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.44, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272e))]; in Poets, καθεζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1139)]: future καθεδοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ra.” 200, “Av.” 727 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.15; later καθεδήσομαι 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.72, καθεσθήσομαι LXX.Lev.12.5)]: aorist καθεσθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.644.5 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.3.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.2, but see 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 11 (καθίζομαι, _passive_ of καθίζω)], which supplies the transitive sense, is more common in present and imperfect, but we have κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.378, καθεζόμεσθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 33, καθέζονται 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.37, etc.))]:—sit down, take one's seat, ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.372; εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο 9.417, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.126, etc.)]; κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 522; κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετ᾽ ἐπὶ.. λίθοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.406)]; καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (see. πρόχνυ); so κ. ἐν.. εὐνατηρίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 918; ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 75; ἐς θρόνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 231)]; preside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.73; ἐνθαδί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 200)]; οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3: in Medicine texts, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.3.)]
2 sit down in, occupy, a country, encamp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, 7.77)]; settle, εἰς χώραν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“OGI” 201.13 (Nubia, 6th c.AD).)]
II remain seated, in various senses:
II.1 sit still, with collateral notion of inaction, τίφθ᾽ οὕτως κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.378, compare 6.295.)]
II.2 sit as suppliants, ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” [same place]; πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1139, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107.)]
II.3 sit for one's portrait, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 1.)]
II.4 of a teacher, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων [NT (NT.Matt.26.55.)]
(see. below), imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.9, “Cyr.” 5.3.25)] (but frequently as aorist 2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.44, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272e))]; in Poets, καθεζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1139)]: future καθεδοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ra.” 200, “Av.” 727 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.15; later καθεδήσομαι 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.72, καθεσθήσομαι LXX.Lev.12.5)]: aorist καθεσθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.644.5 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.3.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.2, but see 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 11 (καθίζομαι, _passive_ of καθίζω)], which supplies the transitive sense, is more common in present and imperfect, but we have κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.378, καθεζόμεσθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 33, καθέζονται 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.37, etc.))]:—sit down, take one's seat, ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.372; εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο 9.417, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.126, etc.)]; κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 522; κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετ᾽ ἐπὶ.. λίθοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.406)]; καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (see. πρόχνυ); so κ. ἐν.. εὐνατηρίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 918; ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 75; ἐς θρόνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 231)]; preside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.73; ἐνθαδί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 200)]; οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3: in Medicine texts, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.3.)]
2 sit down in, occupy, a country, encamp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, 7.77)]; settle, εἰς χώραν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“OGI” 201.13 (Nubia, 6th c.AD).)]
II remain seated, in various senses:
II.1 sit still, with collateral notion of inaction, τίφθ᾽ οὕτως κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.378, compare 6.295.)]
II.2 sit as suppliants, ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” [same place]; πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1139, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107.)]
II.3 sit for one's portrait, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 1.)]
II.4 of a teacher, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων [NT (NT.Matt.26.55.)]