King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G2639
Transliteration: katalegō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-eg'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay down, choose out
Meaning: to lay down, choose out
καταλέγω: present passive imperative καταλεγέσθω;
Word Summary
katalegō: to lay down, choose out
Original Word: καταλέγωTransliteration: katalegō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-eg'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay down, choose out
Meaning: to lay down, choose out
Strong's Concordance
to enroll, place on a listFrom kata and lego (in its original meaning); to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol -- take into the number.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK lego
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2639: καταλέγωκαταλέγω: present passive imperative καταλεγέσθω;
1. properly, to lay down; middle to lie down (Homer).
2. to narrate at length, recount, set forth (from Homer on).
3. to set down in a list or register, to enroll (especially soldiers; see Passow, under the word, 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 (yet the latter connect this use with the meaning of to choose))): of those widows who held a prominent place in the church and exercised a certain superintendence over the rest of the women, and had charge of the widows and orphans supported at public expense, 1 Timothy 5:9 (Winer's Grammar, 590 (549)); cf. DeWette (or Ellicott) at the passage.