Quick Definition
καταλέγω v. I enter in a list, register
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 3004 (in its original meaning); to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV Usage: take into the number
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | λέγω
33.44 · Communication · Written Language
to put one’s name on a list, to enter someone on a list to enroll a person as a member of a group
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-λέγω : pres. pass. impy. καταλεγέσθω; 1. prop. to lay down; mid. to lie down (Hom.). 2. to narrate at length, recount, set forth, [fr. Hom. on]. 3. to set down in a list or register, to enroll,(esp. soldiers; see Passow s. v. 5; [L. and 5. 5. v. IIL. 2 (yet the latter connect this use with the signif. 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 Tim. v. 9 [ W. 590 (549)]; ef. De Wette {or Ellicott] ad loc.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταλέγω katalegō 1x
to select, enter in a list or catalog, enroll, 1 Tim. 5:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-λέγω,
[in LXX: De 19:16 (ענה), II Mac 7:30 R*;]
to lay down; mid. (in Hom.), to lie down.
to narrate (LXX, De 19:16, II Mac 7:30).
to choose out, hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt., Thuc., a1., v. LS, s.v.): of widows, pass., I Ti 5:9 (cf. Ellic.; CGT, in l.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταλέγω (katalegō) — to enrol. καταλέγω,
__B recount, tell at length and in order, [Refs 8th c.BC+] always in future or aorist 1, ταῦτα μάλ᾽ ἀτρεκέως καταλέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν ἀληθείην κατάλεξον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑξῆς κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, τούτων ὦν τῶν καταλεχθέντων of those which have been recounted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by interrogative adverb, κατάλεξον ὅπως ἤντησας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεῖνον ὀϊζυρὸν κατάλεξον, ἤ που ἔτι ζώει.. tell me the tale of that unhappy man, [Refs] __B.b repeat, recite, τῶν Χρησμῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταλέγεσθαι· ὀδύρεσθαι τὸν τεθνεῶτα, [Refs 5th c.AD+] __B.2 reckon up, tell in full tale, μνηστῆρας ἀριθμήσας κατάλεξον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a line of kings or ancestors, κατέλεγον οἱ ἱρέες ἐκ βύβλου.. βασιλέων τ καὶ λ οὐνόματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἑωυτὸν μητρόθεν reckoned up his pedigree, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—later in middle, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.2.b reckon, count as, οὒς οἱ πολλοὶ πλουσίους κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so perhaps in passive, Χήρα -έσθω [NT] __B.2.c conclude by enumeration, ὡς.. [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.3 with perfect κατείλοχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, aorist (see. below): perfect κατείλεγμα; 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κατειλέχατο [Refs 1st c.AD+]:— enumerate, draw up a list, hence, enrol, enlist, ἄνδρας οἳ δορυφόροι μὲν οὐκ ἐγένοντο Πεισιστράτου, κορυνηφόροι δέ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατιώτας, ὁπλίτας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τοὺς πλουσιωτάτους ἱπποτροφεῖν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, enrol for oneself, δορυφόρους, ὁπλίτας, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive (aorist 2 κατελέγην more common in Attic dialect than aorist 1,[Refs 5th c.BC+], to be enlisted or enrolled, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν τρισχιλίων κ. to be enrolled of their number, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν σύγκλητον κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀγορανόμον -λεγέντα, = Latin adlectum inter aedilicios, Ann.epigram [Refs] __B.4 later, select, τοῖς παισὶ τοὺς διδασκάλους [Refs] —middle, τὸν πλωτικὸν [βίον] [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II ={μηνύειν}, τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἐπιβουλήν [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with genitive, inform against, [Refs]; accuse, μάρτυς ἄδικος -λέγων αὐτοῦ ἀσέβειαν [LXX]