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GreekG2521Verb

κάθημαι

kathēmai

89Occurrences
G2521Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

and (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside

from G2596 (κατά);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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: " (LXX), (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, see Kennedy, Sources, 162), before prep. with accusative, ἐπί,; παρά,; περί; πρός; ὑπό; εἰς; μετά, with genitive of person(s); ἐκ δεξιῶν; ἐπάνω, with genitive; ἀπέναντι, with genitive; ἐπί, with dative; genitive; ἐκεῖ; pleonastic,; metaphorically, " (LXX) ; of one's domicile (; Hdt., v, 63)
LXX: chiefly for יָשַׁב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κάθημαι appears 89 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
33
Matthew
18
Luke
13
Mark
11
Acts
6
John
4
1 Corinthians
1
Colossians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:30BSB

And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

Luke 20:42BSB

For David himself says in the book of Psalms:‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand

Matthew 23:22BSB

And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

Mark 2:14BSB

As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

Revelation 19:18BSB

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.