Quick Definition
ἐπικαθίζω v. I sit upon
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 2523; to seat upon
KJV Usage: set on
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καθίζω
17.15 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Sit
to sit upon, to mount, to get on to sit down upon something In MAT 21:7 the pronominal form αὐτῶν is ambiguous in reference, for it may refer either to the garments or to the donkey and colt. The closest noun reference is τὰ ἱμάτια ‘the garments,’ but in view of Matthew’s quotation and evident interpretation of the reference to ZEC 9:9, both the donkey and the colt may be the substantive referents, though being seated upon two animals at the same time poses real problems of understanding.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-καθ-ίζω: 1 aor. ἐπεκάθισα; 1. to cause to sit upon, to set upon: Mt. xxi. 7 Rec.*# 2. intrans. to sit upon: Matt. 1. ο. [Ree.*] GL T Tr WH al.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπικαθίζω epikathizō 1x
to cause to sit upon, seat upon, Mt. 21:7 (where some mss read ἐπεκάθισεν, intrans. to sit upon)*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-καθ-ίζω
[in LXX for רָכַב, etc. ;]
to sit upon: Mt 21:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπικαθίζω is found in the NT only in Mt 217. Cf. ἐπικάθημαι in P Tebt II. 39174 (A.D. 99) τοὺς ἐν TH κώμῃ καταγινομένους καὶ ἐπικαθημένους ἄνδρες (1. —as), ‘the inhabitants of and settlers in the village” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπικαθίζω (epikathizō) — to sit on. ἐπικαθ-ίζω, set upon, τινὰ ἐπί τι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Art.” 78: absolutely, (i.e. κλίμακι)[Refs]; τινὰ ἐν ἅρματι Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum 4 Ki..10.16; ἐν ὅπλοις ἀφανῶς ἐ. τὸ στρατιωτικόν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.3.1:—middle, φυλακὴν ἐπεκαθίσαντο had a guard set, [Refs]
II. Intr., sit upon, πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.5; τοῖς καρχησίοις ἐ. light upon, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. sit down against, besiege, πόλει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.61.6.