GreekG2516Verb

καθέζομαι

kathezomai

7Occurrences
G2516Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to sit down

from G2596 (κατά) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to sit down, sit: ,; with genitive; dative.† *καθ *̓ εἷς, see: (εἷς.)
LXX: (יָשַׁב), (שָׁכַן)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καθέζομαι appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
3
Acts
2
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Acts 20:9BSB

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

Acts 6:15BSB

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

John 11:20BSB

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.

John 20:12BSB

and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

John 4:6BSB

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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