καθίζω
kathizō
“to seat”
Definition
to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)
another (active) form for G2516 (καθέζομαι);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
καθίζω appears 45 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
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