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Lexicon :: Strong's G2516 - kathezomai

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καθέζομαι
Transliteration
kathezomai (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ed'-zom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:440,386

Strong’s Definitions

καθέζομαι kathézomai, kath-ed'-zom-ahee; from G2596 and the base of G1476; to sit down:—sit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2516 in the following manner: sit (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2516 in the following manner: sit (6x).

  1. to sit down, seat one's self, sit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθέζομαι kathézomai, kath-ed'-zom-ahee; from G2596 and the base of G1476; to sit down:—sit.
STRONGS G2516:
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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:55
Luke
2:46
John
4:6; 6:3; 11:20; 20:12
Acts
2:2; 6:15; 20:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2516 matches the Greek καθέζομαι (kathezomai),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:46 - After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:20 - So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
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