Strong's Lexicon
kathémai: To sit, to be seated, to dwell
Original Word:κάθημαι
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:kathémai
Pronunciation:kah'-thay-my
Phonetic Spelling:(kath'-ay-mahee)
Definition:To sit, to be seated, to dwell
Meaning:I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.
Word Origin:A prolonged form of the primary verb "ἧμαι" (hēmai), which means "to sit."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is יָשַׁב (yashab), Strong's Hebrew 3427, which also means "to sit" or "to dwell."
Usage:The verb "kathémai" primarily denotes the act of sitting or being seated. It can also imply dwelling or residing in a place. In the New Testament, it is often used in contexts where individuals are physically sitting, such as Jesus sitting to teach or people sitting in a specific location. It can also metaphorically indicate a settled or established position, such as sitting in authority or judgment.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Greco-Roman world, sitting was often associated with teaching and authority. Rabbis and teachers would sit while instructing their disciples, a practice that Jesus also followed. Additionally, sitting could signify a position of honor or authority, as seen in the imagery of sitting on a throne. In Jewish culture, sitting was also a posture of mourning or contemplation.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
kata and hémai (to sit)
Definitionto be seated
NASB Translationdwell (1), live (1), sat (15), sat down (4), seated (5), sit (16), sit down (1), sits (12), sitting (33), sitting down (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2521: κάθημαικάθημαι, 2 person singular
κάθῃ a later form for
κάθησαι (
Acts 23:3), imperative
κάθου for
κάθησο (yet cf. Kühner, as below) (cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 359;
Krüger, § 38, 6f i., p. 147; Kühner, § 301 i., p. 671;
Winers Grammar, § 14, 4; (
Buttmann, 49 (42))) (subjunctive 2 person plural
κάθησθε,
Luke 22:30Tr marginal reading; but
WH text
κάθησθε; see
Veitch, under the word;
Krüger, § 38, 6, 1 (cf.
καθίζω), infinitive
καθῆσθαι, participle
καθήμενος); imperfect
ἐκαθήμην; and once the rare (cf.
Veitch, p. 347) future
καθήσομαι,
Luke 22:30TTr text
WH marginal reading (so
WH in
Matthew 19:28 also; cf.
καθίζω, at the end); (
ἧμαι); a verb of which only the present and imperfect are in use in classical Greek (cf.
Buttmann, 60 (52)); the
Sept. for
יָשַׁב;
1.to sit down, seat oneself: followed byἐν with the dative of place (cf.Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 9),Mark 4:1;Luke 22:55 (hereTTrWHμέσος);εἰς,Mark 13:3 (Buttmann, § 147, 16);μετά with the genitive of person,Matthew 26:58;κάθουἐκδεξιῶνμου, i. e. be a partner of my power,Matthew 22:44;Mark 12:36 (Tr textWH marginal readingκάθισον);Luke 20:42;Acts 2:34;Hebrews 1:13 (Psalm 109:1 ());κάθουὧδεὑπό with the accusative,James 2:3.παρά with the accusative of place,Matthew 13:1;ἐπάνω with the genitive of place,Matthew 28:2; withἐκεῖ,Matthew 15:29;John 6:3 (Tdf.ἐκαθέζετο); the place to be supplied from the context,Matthew 13:2.2.to sit, be seated, of a place occupied: followed byἐν with the dative of place (Winer's Grammar, as under 1),Matthew 11:16;Matthew 26:69;ἐντῇδεξιάτοῦΘεοῦ,Colossians 3:1;ἐντοῖςδεξιοῖς,Mark 16:5;ἐπίτίνος,Matthew 24:3;Matthew 27:19; (Acts 20:9RG);ἐπίτοῦθρόνου (but also, especially in the critical editions, with the dative and the accusative (see below); cf. Alford on the following passages),Revelation 4:2 etc.;τῆςνεφέλης (or with the accusative),Revelation 14:15, and in other examples;ἐπίτίνι,Acts 3:10;ἐπίτί (cf.Buttmann, 338 (291)),Matthew 9:9;Mark 2:14;Luke 5:27;John 12:15;Revelation 4:4;Revelation 6:2 (R dative (as in the following))Revelation 6:4;Revelation 11:16;Revelation 17:3;Revelation 19:11;παράτήνὁδόν,Matthew 20:30;Mark 10:46;Luke 18:35;πρόςτόφῶς,Luke 22:56;ἐπάνωτίνος,Matthew 23:22;Revelation 6:8;περίτινα,Mark 3:32, 34;ἀπέναντιτίνος,Matthew 27:61;ἐκδεξιῶντίνος,Matthew 26:64;Mark 14:62;Luke 22:69;ἐκεῖ,Mark 2:6;οὗ, where,Acts 2:2 (Lκαθεζόμενοι);Revelation 17:15; without specification of place,Mark 5:15;Luke 5:17;Luke 8:35;John 2:14;John 9:8;1 Corinthians 14:30.κάθημαι as descriptive of a certain state or condition is used of those who sit in discharging their office, as judges,κάθῃκρίνων,Acts 23:3; of a queen, equivalent to to occupy the throne, to reign (A. V.I sit a queen),Revelation 18:7; of money-changers,John 2:14; of mourners and penitents:ἐνσάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth,ἐνσποδῷ, covered with ashes,Luke 10:13; of those who, enveloped in darkness, cannot walk about,Matthew 4:16;Luke 1:79 (Isaiah 42:7); of a lame man,Acts 14:8. equivalent toto have a fixed abode, to dwell:ἐπίπρόσωποντῆςγῆς,Luke 21:35;Revelation 14:6 (whereRec.κατοικοῦντας);ἐπίθρόνον,Revelation 20:11GT (WH marginal reading; but see above);ἐνἹερουσαλήμ,Nehemiah 11:6; (ἐνὄρειΣαμαρείας, Sir. 50:26. Compare:συγκάθημαι).
καθημέρανκαθημέραν, equivalent toκαθ'ἡμέραν, seeἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
dwell, sitFromkata; and hemai (to sit; akin to the base ofhedraios); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside -- dwell, sit (by, down).
see GREEKkata
see GREEKhedraios
Forms and Transliterations
εκαθήμην εκάθηντο εκαθητο εκάθητο ἐκάθητο εκάθου καθη κάθη κάθῃ Καθημαι Κάθημαι καθήμεθα καθημεναι καθήμεναι καθημένη καθημενην καθημένην καθημενης καθημένης καθημενοι καθημένοι καθήμενοι καθημενοις καθημένοις καθημενον καθήμενον καθημενος καθήμενος Καθημενου Καθημένου καθημενους καθημένους καθημενω καθημένω καθημένῳ καθημενων καθημένων κάθηνται κάθησαι καθησεσθε καθήσεσθε καθήσεται καθήση καθησθαι καθήσθαι καθῆσθαι κάθησθε καθήσομαι καθήσονται καθήσονταί καθηται κάθηται καθίσασθε Καθου Κάθου ekatheto ekathēto ekátheto ekáthēto kathe kathē káthei káthēi Kathemai Kathēmai Káthemai Káthēmai kathemenai kathēmenai kathḗmenai kathemenen katheménen kathēmenēn kathēménēn kathemenes katheménes kathēmenēs kathēménēs kathemeno kathēmenō kathemenoi katheménoi kathēmenoi kathēménōi kathḗmenoi kathemenois katheménois kathēmenois kathēménois kathemenon katheménon kathēmenon kathēmenōn kathēménōn kathḗmenon kathemenos kathēmenos kathḗmenos Kathemenou Katheménou Kathēmenou Kathēménou kathemenous katheménous kathēmenous kathēménous kathesesthe kathēsesthe kathḗsesthe kathesthai kathêsthai kathēsthai kathē̂sthai kathetai kathētai káthetai káthētai Kathou KáthouLinks
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