καθέζομαι
kathezomai
“to sit down”
Definition
to sit down
from G2596 (κατά) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
καθέζομαι appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
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.
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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