Strong G2521κάθημαι
to sit
- Transliteration
- kathēmai
- Pronunciation
- kath'-ay-mahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κάθ-ημαι
[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב;]
in cl. present and imperfect only (prop. pf. and plpf. of καθέζομαι; cf. Bl., § 24), in LXX and NT fut. also, to sit, be seated: Mat.11:16 22:44" (LXX), Mrk.2:6, Jhn.6:3, Act.2:2, Jas.2:3 (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, see Kennedy, Sources, 162), Rev.4:3, al.; before prep. with accusative, ἐπί, Mat.9:9, Mrk.2:14, Jhn.12:16; παρά, Mat.13:1, Mrk.10:46; περί, Mrk.3:32, 34; πρός, Luk.22:56; ὑπό, Jas.2:3; εἰς, Mrk.13:3; μετά, with genitive of person(s), Mat.26:58; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.22:44; ἐπάνω, with genitive, Mat.28:2; ἀπέναντι, with genitive, Mat.27:61; ἐπί, with dative, Act.3:10; id. with genitive, Act.8:28; ἐκεῖ, Mat.15:29; pleonastic (M, Pr., 230, 241; Dalman, Words, 22), Mat.13:2, Act.23:3, Rev.18:7; metaphorically, Mat.4:16, Luk.1:79" (LXX); of one's domicile (Neh.11:6, Sir.50:26; Hdt., v, 63), Luk.21:31, Act.2:2, Rev.14:6 (cf. συν-κάθημαι)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב;]
in cl. present and imperfect only (prop. pf. and plpf. of καθέζομαι; cf. Bl., § 24), in LXX and NT fut. also, to sit, be seated: Mat.11:16 22:44" (LXX), Mrk.2:6, Jhn.6:3, Act.2:2, Jas.2:3 (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, see Kennedy, Sources, 162), Rev.4:3, al.; before prep. with accusative, ἐπί, Mat.9:9, Mrk.2:14, Jhn.12:16; παρά, Mat.13:1, Mrk.10:46; περί, Mrk.3:32, 34; πρός, Luk.22:56; ὑπό, Jas.2:3; εἰς, Mrk.13:3; μετά, with genitive of person(s), Mat.26:58; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.22:44; ἐπάνω, with genitive, Mat.28:2; ἀπέναντι, with genitive, Mat.27:61; ἐπί, with dative, Act.3:10; id. with genitive, Act.8:28; ἐκεῖ, Mat.15:29; pleonastic (M, Pr., 230, 241; Dalman, Words, 22), Mat.13:2, Act.23:3, Rev.18:7; metaphorically, Mat.4:16, Luk.1:79" (LXX); of one's domicile (Neh.11:6, Sir.50:26; Hdt., v, 63), Luk.21:31, Act.2:2, Rev.14:6 (cf. συν-κάθημαι)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2521 appears in 87 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sit74
- sitteth10
- as1
- dwell1
- set1
- sittest1
First verses
- Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
- Matthew 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
- Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Matthew 13:1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 15:29And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
- Matthew 20:30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
- Matthew 22:44The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- Matthew 23:22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
- Matthew 24:3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
- Matthew 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
- Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Matthew 26:69Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
- Matthew 27:19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
- Matthew 27:36And sitting down they watched him there;
- Matthew 27:61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
- Matthew 28:2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
- Mark 2:6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
- Mark 3:32And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κάθημαι,
Ionic dialect κάτ-, 2nd pers. singular κάθησαι (Ionic dialect κάτ- [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.6, probably in 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” vi4, κάθῃ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 115, NT.Act.23.3, uncertain reading in “Comica Adespota” 1203, (προ-) 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 13.171a)] codices; 3rd.pers. singular κάθηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 597, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.70, “SIG” 987.26 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κατέαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; _imperative_ κάθησο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.191, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 627; κάθου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 620, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1017, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 224)]; κάθουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]; 3rd.pers. singular καθήσθω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 916)]; 3rd.pers. plural καθήσθωσαν [Refs (“IG” 9(2).1109.38 (Thess.))]; subjunctive καθῶμαι, κάθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 277, καθῆται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 754; _optative_ καθοίμην [prev. author] “Ra.” 919, probably in [prev. author] “Lys.” 149)]; infinitive καθῆσθα; participle καθήμενος: imperfect ἐκαθήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 152, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.31, etc., ἐκάθητο “hymnus ad Bacchum” 14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 510, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6, ἐκάθησθε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 638, ἐκάθηντο, _Ionic dialect_ ἐκατέατο variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.144, 8.73)]; also without syllable augment καθῆστο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.569, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1102, “Ph.” 1467, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.19, καθῆτο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169,217)]; Ionic dialect κατῆστο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, καθῆσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.21 (with variants), καθῆντο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 302, variant in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.58)]; Epic dialect καθήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.76)]; Ionic dialect κατέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.144, 8.73, 9.90 (variant{καθ-}))]: the later future καθήσομαι [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.8.35, NT.Luke.22.30 is corrupt in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 960)]:—to be seated, sit, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.191; κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 266)]: frequently in participle, πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.407)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.82; κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.207; ἐν ἀγῶνι κ. 23.448)]; κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.497)]; θύρῃσι κ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 17.530; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 466)]; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.420; καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 411)]; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 4.118, 8.73)]; ἐν θρόνῳ κ. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.149)]; θρόνῳ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 315; κ. πρὸς τάφῳ [prev. author] “Hel.” 1084; πρὸς τὸ πῦρ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 773; ἐπὶ δίφρου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54; ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος NT.Act.8.28; ἐς τοὐργαστήριον 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.27: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἕδραν κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 55)]: with accusative loci, sit on, ὀφρύην [Refs ([prev. work] 394.)]
2 especially of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.3, etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 208)]; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85; οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35c; κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.25)]; of the βουλή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.43; βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116)]; of an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.10.5)]; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, [Refs (Hegesippus Epigrammaticus 1.29.)]
3 sit still, sit quiet, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.264)]; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.76; ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46)]; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479.3)]: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134)]; of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124)]; of a boat's crew, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 107.6 (3rd c.BC))]; οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.17, compare 2.23, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 142.20, etc.)]; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped, περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20, compare 101; ἐχθρῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 752.)]
4 reside in a place, [LXX+NT (LXX.Neh.11.6; λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ NT.Matt.4.16)]; settle, εἰς Σινώπην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 9p.43H.)]
5 lead a sedentary, obscure life, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.83; ἔσω καθημένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919)]; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.2)]; to be engaged or employed, especially in a sedentary business, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τούτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86)]; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.42, compare 45.33; ἐπ᾽ ἐργαστηρίου [prev. author] 59.67; ἐπὶ τοῦ.. ἰατρείου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.40)]; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opposed to ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 11p.59H.)]
6 sit as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, cf. Oracle texts [prev. work] 7.140.)]
7 of districts and countries, lie, Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.8.7.)]
7.b to be low-lying, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1, compare “NA” 16.12)]; πεδίον κ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.17)]; πόπανον.. κ. δωδεκόμφαλον probably flat in the middle, [Refs (“IG” 22.1367.)]
8 of a statue, to be placed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315b21.)]
9 of things, to be set or placed, λαγῴοις ἐπ᾽ ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 32, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.17; τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851a4, compare [prev. work] 13.)]
Ionic dialect κάτ-, 2nd pers. singular κάθησαι (Ionic dialect κάτ- [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.6, probably in 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” vi4, κάθῃ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 115, NT.Act.23.3, uncertain reading in “Comica Adespota” 1203, (προ-) 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 13.171a)] codices; 3rd.pers. singular κάθηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 597, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.70, “SIG” 987.26 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κατέαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; _imperative_ κάθησο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.191, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 627; κάθου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 620, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1017, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 224)]; κάθουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]; 3rd.pers. singular καθήσθω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 916)]; 3rd.pers. plural καθήσθωσαν [Refs (“IG” 9(2).1109.38 (Thess.))]; subjunctive καθῶμαι, κάθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 277, καθῆται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 754; _optative_ καθοίμην [prev. author] “Ra.” 919, probably in [prev. author] “Lys.” 149)]; infinitive καθῆσθα; participle καθήμενος: imperfect ἐκαθήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 152, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.31, etc., ἐκάθητο “hymnus ad Bacchum” 14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 510, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6, ἐκάθησθε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 638, ἐκάθηντο, _Ionic dialect_ ἐκατέατο variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.144, 8.73)]; also without syllable augment καθῆστο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.569, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1102, “Ph.” 1467, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.19, καθῆτο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169,217)]; Ionic dialect κατῆστο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, καθῆσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.21 (with variants), καθῆντο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 302, variant in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.58)]; Epic dialect καθήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.76)]; Ionic dialect κατέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.144, 8.73, 9.90 (variant{καθ-}))]: the later future καθήσομαι [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.8.35, NT.Luke.22.30 is corrupt in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 960)]:—to be seated, sit, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.191; κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 266)]: frequently in participle, πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.407)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.82; κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.207; ἐν ἀγῶνι κ. 23.448)]; κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.497)]; θύρῃσι κ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 17.530; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 466)]; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.420; καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 411)]; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 4.118, 8.73)]; ἐν θρόνῳ κ. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.149)]; θρόνῳ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 315; κ. πρὸς τάφῳ [prev. author] “Hel.” 1084; πρὸς τὸ πῦρ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 773; ἐπὶ δίφρου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54; ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος NT.Act.8.28; ἐς τοὐργαστήριον 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.27: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἕδραν κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 55)]: with accusative loci, sit on, ὀφρύην [Refs ([prev. work] 394.)]
2 especially of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.3, etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 208)]; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85; οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35c; κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.25)]; of the βουλή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.43; βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116)]; of an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.10.5)]; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, [Refs (Hegesippus Epigrammaticus 1.29.)]
3 sit still, sit quiet, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.264)]; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.76; ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46)]; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479.3)]: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134)]; of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124)]; of a boat's crew, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 107.6 (3rd c.BC))]; οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.17, compare 2.23, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 142.20, etc.)]; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped, περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20, compare 101; ἐχθρῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 752.)]
4 reside in a place, [LXX+NT (LXX.Neh.11.6; λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ NT.Matt.4.16)]; settle, εἰς Σινώπην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 9p.43H.)]
5 lead a sedentary, obscure life, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.83; ἔσω καθημένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919)]; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.2)]; to be engaged or employed, especially in a sedentary business, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τούτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86)]; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.42, compare 45.33; ἐπ᾽ ἐργαστηρίου [prev. author] 59.67; ἐπὶ τοῦ.. ἰατρείου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.40)]; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opposed to ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 11p.59H.)]
6 sit as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, cf. Oracle texts [prev. work] 7.140.)]
7 of districts and countries, lie, Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.8.7.)]
7.b to be low-lying, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1, compare “NA” 16.12)]; πεδίον κ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.17)]; πόπανον.. κ. δωδεκόμφαλον probably flat in the middle, [Refs (“IG” 22.1367.)]
8 of a statue, to be placed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315b21.)]
9 of things, to be set or placed, λαγῴοις ἐπ᾽ ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 32, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.17; τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851a4, compare [prev. work] 13.)]