καθέζομαι; imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην; (from Homer down); to sit down, seat oneself, sit: Joh_20:12; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mat_26:55; Luk_2:46; Joh_11:20; Act_6:15; followed by ἐπί with the genitive, Act_20:9 L T Tr WH; by ἐπί with the dative, Joh_4:6; ἐκεῖ, Joh_6:3 Tdf.; (οὗ where, Act_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} .

καθέζομαι kathezomai 7x to seat one s self, sit down, Mat_26:55 ; Luk_2:46 ; Joh_4:6 ; Joh_1:20 ; Joh_20:12 ; Act_6:15 ; Act_20:9

καθ -έζομαι , [in LXX : Lev_12:5 , al. ( H3427 ), Job_39:28 ( H7931 );] to sit down, sit: Joh_20:12 ; seq . ἐν , Mat_26:55 , Luk_2:46 , Joh_11:20 , Act_6:15 ; seq . ἐπί , c . gen ., Act_20:9 ; id . c . dat ., Joh_4:6 ( cf. παρα -καθέζ -, κάθημαι ).† καθ᾿ εἷς , see (εἷς . G1520 )

καθέζομαι [page 312] For this verb, which is always purely durative in the NT sit, not sit down ( Proleg. p. 118), we may cite Syll 737 55 ( c. A.D. 175) ἐὰν δὲ ἱερὸς παῖς ἐξωτικὸς καθεσθεὶς ἀναλώσῃ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὸ Βακχεῖον , ἔστω μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἰόβακχος ἐπὶ μιᾷ σπονδῇ τοῦ πατρός . In the v/A.D. Acts of the martyr Paphnutius we read Ἄπα Παπνούτιος δὲ ἐκαθέσθη ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν , ἐ̣κ̣[αθέσθησαν δὲ αὐ ]ταὶ παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ (PSI I. 26 21 ) : cf. the Silco rescript OGIS 201 .18 (vi/A.D.) οὐκ ἀφῶ αὐτοὺς καθεζόμενοι (for καθεζομένους ) εἰς χώραν αὐτῶν , 20 οὐκ ἀφῶ αὐτοὺς καθεσθῆναι εἰς τὴν σκιάν . Vett. Val. p. 78 24 ποιοῦσι γὰρ ἄρχοντας πόλεων καὶ ἐπὶ δικαστηρίου καθεζομένους .

καθέζομαι Dep.:— "to sit down, take one's seat", Hom. , Trag. "to sit" as suppliants, Eur. , Thuc. "to sit down in a country, encamp", Thuc.

καθ-έζομαι [in LXX: Lev.12:5, al. (יָשַׁב), Job.39:28 (שָׁכַן) ;] to sit down, sit: Jhn.20:12; before ἐν, Mat.26:55, Luk.2:46, Jhn.11:20, Act.6:15; before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.20:9; id. with dative, Jhn.4:6 (cf. παρα-καθέζ-, κάθημαι).† καθ ̓ εἷς, see: (εἷς.) (AS)