2516. kathezomai
Berean Strong's Lexicon
kathezomai: To sit down, to be seated

Original Word: καθέζομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kathezomai
Pronunciation: kath-ED-zom-ahee
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-zom-ahee)
Definition: To sit down, to be seated
Meaning: I am sitting, sit down, am seated.

Word Origin: From κατά (kata, meaning "down") and the middle voice of ἕζομαι (hezomai, meaning "to sit")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is יָשַׁב (yashab, Strong's H3427), which also means "to sit" or "to dwell."

Usage: The verb "kathezomai" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of sitting down or being seated. It often conveys a sense of remaining in a place or position, sometimes with an implication of authority or teaching, as sitting was a common posture for teachers in ancient times.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, sitting was a posture associated with teaching and authority. Rabbis and philosophers would often sit while delivering instruction, and their disciples would gather around them. This cultural context is reflected in the New Testament, where Jesus and others are depicted as sitting to teach or to engage in significant conversations.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kata and hezomai (to seat oneself, sit)
Definition
to sit down
NASB Translation
sit (1), sitting (5), stayed (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2516: καθέζομαι

καθέζομαι; imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην; (from Homer down); to sit down, seat oneself, sit: John 20:12; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Matthew 26:55; Luke 2:46; John 11:20; Acts 6:15; followed by ἐπί with the genitive, Acts 20:9 L T Tr WH; by ἐπί with the dative, John 4:6; ἐκεῖ, John 6:3 Tdf.; (οὗ where, Acts 2:2 Lachmann Cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 336f; Buttmann, 56 (49); 60 (52). Compare: παρακαθέζομαι.)

STRONGS NT 2516a: καθεῖςκαθεῖς, more correctly καθ' εἷς, see εἷς, 4 c., p. 187{a}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sit.

From kata and the base of hedraios; to sit down -- sit.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK hedraios

Forms and Transliterations
εκαθεζετο εκαθέζετο ἐκαθέζετο εκαθεζομην εκαθέζομην ἐκαθεζόμην καθεδείται καθεδούνται καθεζομενοι καθεζόμενοι καθεζομενον καθεζόμενον καθεζομενος καθεζόμενος καθεζομενους καθεζομένους κάθεμα καθεσθείς καθεσθήσεται ekathezeto ekathézeto ekathezomen ekathezomēn ekathezómen ekathezómēn kathezomenoi kathezómenoi kathezomenon kathezómenon kathezomenos kathezómenos kathezomenous kathezoménous
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Matthew 26:55 V-IIM/P-1S
GRK: τῷ ἱερῷ ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων καὶ
NAS: day I used to sit in the temple
KJV: for to take me? I sat daily with
INT: the temple I sat teaching and

Luke 2:46 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ
NAS: Him in the temple, sitting in the midst
KJV: in the temple, sitting in the midst
INT: the temple sitting in [the] midst

John 4:6 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: τῆς ὁδοιπορίας ἐκαθέζετο οὕτως ἐπὶ
NAS: from His journey, was sitting thus
KJV: with [his] journey, sat thus on
INT: the journey sat thus at

John 11:20 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: τῷ οἴκῳ ἐκαθέζετο
NAS: Him, but Mary stayed at the house.
KJV: but Mary sat [still] in the house.
INT: the house was sitting

John 20:12 V-PPM/P-AMP
GRK: ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους ἕνα πρὸς
NAS: in white sitting, one
KJV: in white sitting, the one at
INT: in white sitting one at

Acts 6:15 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: πάντες οἱ καθεζόμενοι ἐν τῷ
NAS: on him, all who were sitting in the Council
KJV: And all that sat in the council,
INT: all who sat in the

Acts 20:9 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: καθεζόμενος δέ τις
NAS: Eutychus sitting on the window sill,
INT: was sitting moreover a certain

Strong's Greek 2516
7 Occurrences


ἐκαθέζετο — 2 Occ.
ἐκαθεζόμην — 1 Occ.
καθεζόμενοι — 1 Occ.
καθεζόμενον — 1 Occ.
καθεζόμενος — 1 Occ.
καθεζομένους — 1 Occ.

















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