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Lexicon :: Strong's G2678 - kataseiō

Aa
κατασείω
Transliteration
kataseiō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as-i'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

κατασείω kataseíō, kat-as-i'-o; from G2596 and G4579; to sway downward, i.e. make a signal:—beckon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2678 in the following manner: beckon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2678 in the following manner: beckon (4x).

  1. to shake down, throw down

  2. to shake

    1. to make a sign, to signal with the hand to one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατασείω kataseíō, kat-as-i'-o; from G2596 and G4579; to sway downward, i.e. make a signal:—beckon.
STRONGS G2678:
κατασείω: 1 aorist κατεσεισα;
1. to shake down, throw down (cf. κατά, III. 1; (from Thucydides on)).
2. to shake: τήν χεῖρα, to make a sign by shaking (i. e. rapidly waving) the hand (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 28; τάς χεῖρας, ibid. de Josepho § 36); of one about to speak who signals for silence, Acts 19:33; hence, simply κατασείειν, τίνι, to make a sign, to signal with the hand to one, Xenophon, Cyril 5, 4, 4; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 2; then, with a disregard of the origin of the phrase, the instrumental dative, τῇ χειρί was added, Polybius 1, 78, 3; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 48; so of one about to make an address: Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 21:40; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 2.
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Acts
12:17; 13:16; 19:33; 21:40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2678 matches the Greek κατασείω (kataseiō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But motioning G2678 to them with his hand G5495 to be silent G4601, he described G1334 to them how G4459 the Lord G2962 had led G1806 him out G1806 of the prison G5438. And he said G3004, “Report G518 these G3778 things G3778 to [fn]James G2385 and the brothers G80.” Then G2532 he left G1831 and went G4198 to another G2087 place G5117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:16 - Paul G3972 stood G450 up G450, and motioning G2678 with his hand G5495 said G3004,

“Men G435 of Israel G2475, and you who fear G5399 God G2316, listen G191:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:33 - Some of the crowd G3793 [fn]concluded G4822 it was Alexander G223, since the Jews G2453 had put G4261 him forward G4261; and having motioned G2678 with his hand G5495, Alexander G223 was intending G2309 to make G626 a G626 defense G626 to the assembly G1218.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40 - When he had given G2010 him permission G2010, Paul G3972, standing G2476 on the stairs G304, motioned G2678 to the people G2992 with his hand G5495; and when there [fn]was a great G4183 silence G4602, he spoke G4377 to G4377 them in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect G1258, saying G3004,
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