Quick Definition
καθίζω v. I set, make to sit
Strong's Definition
another (active) form for 2516; to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)
KJV Usage: continue, set, sit (down), tarry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἵζω (sit; cause to sit) · ἀνακαθίζω · ἐπικαθίζω · κάθημαι · παρακαθέζομαι · συγκάθημαι · συγκαθίζω
17.12 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Sit
to sit, to sit down, to be seated, sitting to be in a seated position
MAT 5:1 · MAT 13:48 · MAT 19:28 · MAT 23:2 · MAT 25:31 · MAT 26:36 · MRK 9:35 · MRK 11:2 · MRK 11:7 · MRK 12:41 · MRK 14:32 · MRK 16:19 · LUK 4:20 · LUK 5:3 · LUK 14:28 · LUK 14:31 · LUK 16:6 · LUK 19:30 · JHN 8:2 · JHN 12:14 · JHN 19:13 · ACT 2:30 · ACT 8:31 · ACT 12:21 · ACT 13:14 · ACT 16:13 · ACT 25:6 · ACT 25:17 · 1CO 10:7 · 2TH 2:4 · HEB 1:3 · HEB 8:1 · HEB 10:12 · HEB 12:2 · REV 3:21 · REV 20:4
17.17 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Sit
to cause to sit down, to seat to cause someone to sit or to be in a seated position For καθίζω as part of an idiom in EPH 1:20, see 87.36.
MAT 20:21 · MAT 20:23 · MRK 10:37 · MRK 10:40 · EPH 1:20 · REV 3:21
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
37.104 · Control, Rule · Assign to a Role or Function
to put in charge of, to appoint, to designate to assign to someone a position of authority over others In view of the particular context of 1CO 6:4 it may be necessary to indicate more clearly what is involved in such a designation. One may therefore wish to translate as ‘are you going to take these matters to be settled by people who have no standing in the church?’
87.36 · Status · High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]
Collocation: καθίζω ἐν δεξιᾷ
to seat at the right side, to give a special place of honor to (an idiom, literally: to cause to sit at the right hand) to seat at the right hand of someone as an expression of assigning special importance or high status to such an individual
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
καθ-ίζω ; fut. καθίσω ΓΒ. 37 (32)]; 1 aor. ἐκάθισα (impy. 2 sing. κάθισον once, Mk. xii. 36 Tr txt. WH mrg.); pf. κεκάθικα (Mk. xi. 2 [not WH Trmrg.; Heb. xii. 2 LT Tr WH; a late form, see Veitch 5. v.]); 1 aor. mid. subjune. 2 pers. plur. καθίσησθε (Lk. xxii. 30 Ree.) ; fut. mid. καθίσομαι; fr. Hom. down; [cf. B. 60 (52) ]; 1. trans. to make to sit down (xara; q. v- III. 1), to set, ap point; Sept. for DWI: τινὰ ἐπὶ θρόνου [L T Tr WH ros
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθίζω kathizō 46x
(1) trans. to cause to sit, place; καθίζομαι, to be seated, sit, Mt. 19:28; Lk. 22:30; to cause to sit as judges, place, appoint, 1 Cor. 6:4; (2) intrans. to sit, sit down, Mt. 13:48; 26:36; to remain, settle, stay, continue, live, Lk. 24:49
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθ-ίζω,
[in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]
causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Ac 2:30, I Co 6:4, Eph 1:20.
Intrans., to sit down, be seated, sit: Mt 5:1, Mk 9:35, Lk 7:15, Jo 8:2, al.; c. inf. tel., I Co 10:7; seq. εἰς, II Th 2:4; ἐπί, c. acc., Mk 11:2, Jo 12:14; id. c. gen., Jo 19:13, Ac 12:21; ὧδε, Mk 14:32; αὐτοῦ, Mt 26:36; ἐν δεξιᾷ, He 1:3; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mt 20:21, 23; ἐν, Re 3:21; καθίσας pleonastic (M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 22), Mt 13:48, Lk 5:3 14:31 16:6; of settling in a place (ἐς χωρίον, Thuc., iv, 93), seq. ἐν, Lk 24:49 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, παρα-, περι-, συν-καθίζω).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθίζω. A good ex. of the trans. use of this verb, as in 1 Cor 64, Eph 1°, Ey. Petr. 3, is afforded by P Oxy XII. 1469’ (A.D. 298) ὃ τῇ ἐπίξει (/. ἐπείξει) τῶν χωμάτων ἐπικείμενος καθείζων ἡμᾶς τοὺ[ς οἸϊκίζοντας τοῖς τόπο[ι]ς ἠνάγκασεν ἀ[ν]αβαλεῖν ναύβια σν, ,‘‘the overseer of labour on dykes set us, the local inhabitants, to work, and made us bank up 250 naubia’’ (Edd.). For the intrans. usage, as probably in Jn 1918 (see P. Corssen ZV7W, 1914, p. 338ff-), with reference to ‘‘judicial”’ sitting, see Sy// 929%8 (ii/B.c.) cited s.v. διακούω, and cf. PSI V. 502%! (B.c. 257-6) καθίσαντες εἰς Td ἱερόν, P Meyer 198 (ii/A.D.) TH ta ἐκάθισα eis πλ[ο]ῖόν [pov, Preisigke 4117° (A.D. 117) τὸ προσκύνημα ἀνδρὸς
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καθίζω (kathizō) — to seat. καθίζω, Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθίσω (intransitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry κάθεσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθίξας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]subjunctive καθίξῃ[Refs]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [NT+1st c.BC+]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθιζήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+] -ιοῦμαι [LXX]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I. causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. set, place, τὸν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. b post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]
I.4. cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]. to make him weep: for [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
I.6. marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [LXX]
II. intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [Refs]
II.2. sit, recline at meals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. sit as judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. reside, μετά τινος [LXX]; ἐν πόλει[LXX]
II.5. settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. of ships, run aground, be stranded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. middle in intransitive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. of birds, settle, alight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.3. leave goods purchased in a market, [Refs 3rd c.BC+].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]