G2521: κάθημαι (káthēmai)

G2521 κάθημαι (káthēmai)

Greek

Quick Definition

κάθημαι v. I sit, am seated

Strong's Definition

from 2596; and hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside

KJV Usage: dwell, sit (by, down)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κάθημαι (G2521)

verb | 2sg. κάθῃ · impv. κάθου | καθίζω

17.12 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Sit

to sit, to sit down, to be seated, sitting to be in a seated position

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85.63 · Existence in Space · Remain, Stay

to remain, to stay, to reside, to inhabit, to be, to settle to remain for some time in a place, often with the implication of a settled situation

MAT 4:16 · MAT 4:16 · LUK 1:79 · LUK 21:35 · ACT 14:8

¹ There are certain technical problems involved in treating the series καθέζομαι, κάθημαι[a], καθίζω[a] (17.12) and συγκάθημαι, συγκαθίζω[a] (17.13), since there appears to be an alternation in meaning between (1) being in a position and (2) assuming such a position. It would be possible to set up two distinct meanings or to assume that the respective forms are essentially ambiguous. In general, however, the participial forms indicate a state of being, while the non-participial forms imply assuming a particular position of being seated. However, there are certain subtle differences in the tenses of the participial forms, and hence one cannot determine precisely what are the referential distinctions.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κάθ-ημαι, 2 pers. sing. κάθῃ a later form for κάθησαι (Acts xxiii. 3), impv. κάθου for κάθησο [yet ef. Kiihner as below] (cf. Zob. ad Phryn. p. 359; Kriiger $38, 6 sq. i. p. 147; Kiihner § 301 i. p. 671; W. 8.14, 4; [B. 49 (42)]), [subjune. 2 pers. plur. κάθησθε, Lk. xxii. 30 Tr mrg.; but WH txt. καθῆσθε ; see Veitch 5. v.; Kriiger $38, 6, 1 (cf. καθίζω), inf. καθῆσθαι, ptep. καθήμενος; imp ἐκαθήμην; and once the rare [ef. Veitch p. 347] fut. καθήcopa, Lk. xxii. 30 T Tr txt. WH mrg. [so WH in Mt. xix. 28 also; cf. καθίζω, fin.]; (jar); a verb of which only the pres. and impf. are in use in class. Grk. [ef. B. 60 (52) ]; Sept. for 1; 1. to sit down, seat one’s self: foll. by ἐν w. dat. of place [ef. W. § 52, 4, 9], Mk. iv. 1; Lk. xxii. 55 [here T Tr WH pégos]; εἰς, Mk. xiii. 3 [B. § 147,16]; μετά w. gen. of pers., Mt. xxvi. 58; κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, i. 6. be a partner of my power, Mt. xxii. 44; Mk. xii. 36 [Tr txt. WH mre. κάθισον]; Lk. xx. 42; Acts ii. 34; Heb. i. 13 (Ps. cix. (ex.) 1); κάθου ὧδε ὑπό with ace., Jas. ii. 3. παρά ν΄. ace. of place, Mt. xiii. 1; ἐπάνω w. gen. of place, Mt. xxviii. 2; with ἐκεῖ, Mt. xv. 29; Jn. vi. 3 [Tdf. ἐκαθέζετο] ; the place to be supplied fr. the context, Mt. xiii. 2. 2. to sit, be seated, of a place occupied : foll. by ἐν with dat. of place [W. as under 1], Mt. xi. 16; xxvi.69; ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Col. iii. 1; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, Mk. xvi. 5; ἐπί twos, Mt. xxiv. 3; xxvii. 19; [Acts xx.9 RG]; ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου [but also, esp. in the crit. edd., with the dat. and the acc. (see below); cf. Alford on the foll. pass.], Rev. iv. 2 ete.; τῆς νεφέλης [or w. the ace.], Rev. xiv. 15, and in other exx.; ἐπί τινι, Acts iii. 10; ἐπί τι [ef. B. 338 (291)], Mt. ix. 9; Mk. ii. 14; Lk. v. 27; Jn. xii. 15; Rev. iv. 4; vi. 2 [R dat. (as in foll.)] 4 sq.; xi. 16; xvii. 3; xix.11; παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, Mt. xx. 30; Mk.x.46; Lk. xviii. 35; πρὸς τὸ φῶς, Lk. xxii. 56; ἐπάνω τινός, Mt. xxiii. 22; Rev. vi. 8, περί τινα, Mk. iii. 32,343; ἀπέναντί twos, Mt. xxvii. 613; ἐκ δεξιῶν twos, Mt. xxvi. 64; Mk. xiv. 62; Lk. xxii. 69; ἐκεῖ, Mk. ii. 6; οὗ, where, Acts ii. 2 [L καθεζόμενοι]; Rev. xvii. 15; without specification of place, Mk. v.15; Lk. v.17; viii. 35; Jn. ii. 14; ix.8; 1Co.xiv.30. κάθημαι as descriptive of a certain state or condition is used of those who sit in discharging their office, as judges, xa6n κρίνων, Acts xxiii. 3; of a queen, i. q. to occupy the throne, to reign [A. V. I sit a queen], Rev. xviii. 7; of money-changers, Jn.ii.14; of mourners and penitents: ἐν σάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth, ἐν σποδῷ, covered with ashes, Lk. x. 13; of those who, enveloped in darkness, cannot walk about, Mt. iv. 16; Lk.i. 79 (Is. xlii. 7); of a lame man, Acts xiv. 8. i.q. to have a fixed abode, to dwell: ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Lk. xxi. 35; Rev. xiv. 6 (where Rec. κατοικοῦντας) ; ἐπὶ θρόνον, Rey. xx. 11 GT [WHmrg.; but see above]; ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Neh. xi. 6; [ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Sir. |. 26. Comp. : συγ-κάθημαι].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κάθημαι kathēmai 91x

to sit, be sitting, Mt. 9:9; Lk. 10:13; to be seated, 1 Cor. 14:30; to be enthroned, Rev. 18:7; to dwell, reside, Mt. 4:16; Lk. 1:79; 21:35

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κάθ-ημαι,

[in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]

in cl. pres. and impf. only (prop. pf. and plpf. of καθέζομαι; cf. Bl., § 24), in LXX and NT fut. also, to sit, be seated: Mt 11:16 22:44(LXX), Mk 2:6, Jo 6:3, Ac 2:2, Ja 2:3 (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, v. Kennedy, Sources, 162), Re 4:3, al.; seq. prep. c. acc., ἐπί, Mt 9:9, Mk 2:14, Jo 12:15; παρά, Mt 13:1, Mk 10:46; περί, Mk 3:32, 34; πρός, Lk 22:56; ὑπό, Ja 2:3; εἰς, Mk 13:3; μετά, c. gen. pers., Mt 26:58; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mt 22:44; ἐπάνω, c. gen., Mt 28:2; ἀπέναντι, c. gen., Mt 27:61; ἐπί, c. dat., Ac 3:10; id. c. gen., Ac 8:28; ἐκεῖ, Mt 15:29; pleonastic (M, Pr., 230, 241; Dalman, Words, 22), Mt 13:2, Ac 23:3, Re 18:7; metaph., Mt 4:16, Lk 1:79(LXX); of one's domicile (Ne 11:6, Si 50:26; Hdt., v, 63), Lk 21:35, Ac 2:2, Re 14:6 (cf. συν-κάθημαι).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κάθημαι. P Petr III. 42 H (8){31 (mid. iii/B.c.) ἡμέρας k ἐκάθητο, P Par 1811} κάτισον és (1. κάθησον ἕως) ἴδωμεν τί μέλλομεν ποιεῖν, BGU LV. 1141°3(B.c. 14) εὑρίσκῳωι αὐτὸν καθήμενοί(ν), 7b. 10788 (A.D. 39) οὐ γὰρ ἀργὸν δεῖ με καθῆσθαι. With the use of κάθημαι in Ac 23, cf. the curious interview between an Emperor (ἢ Commodus) and a certain Appianus, who has been condemned to death, where, in view of an impending riot, a soldier is represented as saying to the Emperor— κύριε, κάθῃ, “Pwpator γονγύζο[υσ]ι, ‘Lord, while you are sitting in judgement, the Romans are murmuring” (Edd.) (P Oxy I. 33 verso 41-18, late ii/A.D.). For the form κάθου (Mk 1258, Ac 234, from Ps 1104), see Maidhof, p. 300: cf. Menander 7yagm. p. 254, where Kock quotes other three passages from comic poets. With Pe/agia-Legenden, p. 44 καθημένη εἰς βαδιστήν, ‘‘seated on an ass,” Musonius p. 435 καθῆσθαι cis Σινώπην, ‘to settle in S.,” cf. Mk 13%, Ac 84 Musonius p. 597, uses the word of an idle, sedentary life. For the Aramaism in Mk 4! see s.v. ἐμβαίνω. MGr κάθομαι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κάθημαι (kathēmai) — to sit. κάθημαι, Ionic dialect κάτ-, 2nd pers. singular κάθησαι (Ionic dialect κάτ- [NT+5th c.BC+] codices; 3rd.pers. singular κάθηται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κατέαται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κάθουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular καθήσθω [Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural καθήσθωσαν [Refs]; subjunctive καθῶμαι, κάθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθῆσθα; participle καθήμενος: imperfect ἐκαθήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also without syllable augment καθῆστο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect κατῆστο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καθήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect κατέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the later future καθήσομαι [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+]:—to be seated, sit, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in participle, πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θύρῃσι κ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θρόνῳ κ. [Refs]; θρόνῳ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+]: with accusative loci, sit on, ὀφρύην [Refs]

2. especially of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the βουλή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, [Refs]

3. sit still, sit quiet, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a boat's crew, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped, περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. reside in a place, [LXX+NT]; settle, εἰς Σινώπην [Refs 1st c.AD+]

5. lead a sedentary, obscure life, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be engaged or employed, especially in a sedentary business, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τούτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opposed to ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

6. sit as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. of districts and countries, lie, Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα [Refs 4th c.BC+]

7. b to be low-lying, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πεδίον κ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]; πόπανον.. κ. δωδεκόμφαλον probably flat in the middle, [Refs]

8. of a statue, to be placed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

9. of things, to be set or placed, λαγῴοις ἐπ᾽ ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]