King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2516
Transliteration: kathezomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sit down
Meaning: to sit down
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.)
Word Summary
kathezomai: to sit down
Original Word: καθέζομαιTransliteration: kathezomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sit down
Meaning: to sit down
Strong's Concordance
sit. From kata and the base of hedraios; to sit down -- sit.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK hedraios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2516: καθέζομαικαθέζομαι; 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}.