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κάθημαι

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Definition

κάθ-ημαι

[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב ;]

in cl. present and imperfect only (prop. pf. and plpf. of καθέζομαι; cf. Bl., § 24), in LXX and NT fut. also, to sit, be seated: Matthew 11:16; 22:44" (LXX), Mark 2:6, John 6:3, Acts 2:2, James 2:3 (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, see Kennedy, Sources, 162), Revelation 4:3, al.; before prep. with accusative, ἐπί, Matthew 9:9, Mark 2:14, John 12:16; παρά, Matthew 13:1, Mark 10:46; περί, Mark 3:32, 34; πρός, Luke 22:56; ὑπό, James 2:3; εἰς, Mark 13:3; μετά, with genitive of person(s), Matthew 26:58; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Matthew 22:44; ἐπάνω, with genitive, Matthew 28:2; ἀπέναντι, with genitive, Matthew 27:61; ἐπί, with dative, Acts 3:10; id. with genitive, Acts 8:28; ἐκεῖ, Matthew 15:29; pleonastic (M, Pr., 230, 241; Dalman, Words, 22), Matthew 13:2, Acts 23:3, Revelation 18:7; metaphorically, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79" (LXX) ; of one's domicile (Nehemiah 11:6, Sir.50.26; Hdt., v, 63), Luke 21:31, Acts 2:2, Revelation 14:6 (cf. συν-κάθημαι)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κάθημαι:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

91 total
  1. Acts 8:28καθήμενος · sitting
    …and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
  2. Acts 14:8ἐκάθητο · there sat
    In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
  3. Acts 23:3κάθῃ · sit [here]
    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
  4. 1 Corinthians 14:30καθημένῳ · is seated
    And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.
  5. Colossians 3:1καθήμενος · seated
    Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  6. Hebrews 1:13Κάθου · Sit
    Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
  7. James 2:3κάθου · a seat; Κάθου · Sit
    If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
  8. Revelation 4:2καθήμενος · [someone] seated
    At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.
  9. Revelation 4:3καθήμενος · seated there
    The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
  10. Revelation 4:4καθημένους · sat
    Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
  11. Revelation 4:9καθημένῳ · seated
    And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
  12. Revelation 4:10καθημένου · seated
    …the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
  13. Revelation 5:1καθημένου · seated
    Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
  14. Revelation 5:7καθημένου · seated
    And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
  15. Revelation 5:13καθημένῳ · sits
    And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
  16. Revelation 6:2καθήμενος
    So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.
  17. Revelation 6:4καθημένῳ
    Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.
  18. Revelation 6:5καθήμενος
    And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
  19. Revelation 6:8καθήμενος
    Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
  20. Revelation 6:16καθημένου · seated
    And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
  21. Revelation 7:10καθημένῳ · sits
    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  22. Revelation 7:15καθήμενος · seated
    For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
  23. Revelation 9:17καθημένους
    Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
  24. Revelation 11:16καθήμενοι · sit
    And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
  25. Revelation 14:6καθημένους · dwell
    Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
  26. Revelation 14:14καθήμενον · seated
    And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
  27. Revelation 14:15καθημένῳ · seated
    Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
  28. Revelation 14:16καθήμενος · seated
    So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
  29. Revelation 17:1καθημένης · sits
    Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
  30. Revelation 17:3καθημένην · sitting
    And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
  31. Revelation 17:9κάθηται · sits
    This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
  32. Revelation 17:15κάθηται · was seated
    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  33. Revelation 18:7Κάθημαι · I sit
    As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
  34. Revelation 19:4καθημένῳ · sits
    And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
  35. Revelation 19:11καθήμενος
    Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
  36. Revelation 19:18καθημένων
    …so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
  37. Revelation 19:19καθημένου · seated
    Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
  38. Revelation 19:21καθημένου · seated
    And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
  39. Revelation 20:11καθήμενον · seated
    Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  40. Revelation 21:5καθήμενος · seated
    And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”