Original Word: καθέζομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kathezomai
Pronunciation: kath-ED-zom-ahee
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-zom-ahee)
Definition: To sit down, to be seated
Meaning: I am sitting, sit down, am seated.

Word Origin: From κατά (kata, meaning "down") and the middle voice of ἕζομαι (hezomai, meaning "to sit")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is יָשַׁב (yashab, Strong's H3427), which also means "to sit" or "to dwell."

Usage: The verb "kathezomai" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of sitting down or being seated. It often conveys a sense of remaining in a place or position, sometimes with an implication of authority or teaching, as sitting was a common posture for teachers in ancient times.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, sitting was a posture associated with teaching and authority. Rabbis and philosophers would often sit while delivering instruction, and their disciples would gather around them. This cultural context is reflected in the New Testament, where Jesus and others are depicted as sitting to teach or to engage in significant conversations.

Word Origin
from kata and hezomai (to seat oneself, sit)
Definition
to sit down
NASB Translation
sit (1), sitting (5), stayed (1).

STRONGS NT 2516: καθέζομαι

καθέζομαι; imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην; (from Homer down); to sit down, seat oneself, sit: John 20:12; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Matthew 26:55; Luke 2:46; John 11:20; Acts 6:15; followed by ἐπί with the genitive, Acts 20:9 L T Tr WH; by ἐπί with the dative, John 4:6; ἐκεῖ, John 6:3 Tdf.; (οὗ where, Acts 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}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sit.

From kata and the base of hedraios; to sit down -- sit.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK hedraios

Forms and Transliterations

εκαθεζετο εκαθέζετο ἐκαθέζετο εκαθεζομην εκαθέζομην ἐκαθεζόμην καθεδείται καθεδούνται καθεζομενοι καθεζόμενοι καθεζομενον καθεζόμενον καθεζομενος καθεζόμενος καθεζομενους καθεζομένους κάθεμα καθεσθείς καθεσθήσεται ekathezeto ekathézeto ekathezomen ekathezomēn ekathezómen ekathezómēn kathezomenoi kathezómenoi kathezomenon kathezómenon kathezomenos kathezómenos kathezomenous kathezoménous

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