2521. kathémai

Strong's Concordance

kathémai: to be seated

Original Word: κάθημαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kathémai
Phonetic Spelling: (kath'-ay-mahee)
Definition: to be seated
Usage: I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kata and hémai (to sit)
Definition
to be seated
NASB Translation
dwell (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: κάθημαι

κάθημαι, 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 22:30 Tr 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 22:30 T Tr 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 by ἐν with the dative of place (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 9), Mark 4:1; Luke 22:55 (here T Tr WH μέσος); εἰς, Mark 13:3 (Buttmann, § 147, 16); μετά with the genitive of person, Matthew 26:58; κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, i. e. be a partner of my power, Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36 (Tr text WH marginal reading κάθισον); Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:13 (Psalm 109:1 ()); κάθου ὧδε ὑπό with the accusative, James 2:3. παρά with the accusative of place, Matthew 13:1; ἐπάνω with the genitive of place, Matthew 28:2; with ἐκεῖ, 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 by ἐν with the dative of place (Winer's Grammar, as under 1), Matthew 11:16; Matthew 26:69; ἐν τῇ δεξιά τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 3:1; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, Mark 16:5; ἐπί τίνος, Matthew 24:3; Matthew 27:19; (Acts 20:9 R G); ἐπί τοῦ θρόνου (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.; τῆς νεφέλης (or with the accusative), Revelation 14:15, and in other examples; ἐπί τίνι, Acts 3:10; ἐπί τί (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; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Matthew 20:30; Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35; πρός τό φῶς, Luke 22:56; ἐπάνω τίνος, Matthew 23:22; Revelation 6:8; περί τινα, Mark 3:32, 34; ἀπέναντι τίνος, Matthew 27:61; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος, Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:69; ἐκεῖ, Mark 2:6; οὗ, where, Acts 2:2 (L καθεζόμενοι); 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, κάθῃ κρίνων, 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: ἐν σάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth, ἐν σποδῷ, 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 to to have a fixed abode, to dwell: ἐπί πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Luke 21:35; Revelation 14:6 (where Rec. κατοικοῦντας); ἐπί θρόνον, Revelation 20:11 G T (WH marginal reading; but see above); ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Nehemiah 11:6; (ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Sir. 50:26. Compare: συγκάθημαι).

καθημέρανκαθημέραν, equivalent to καθ' ἡμέραν, see ἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dwell, sit

From kata; and hemai (to sit; akin to the base of hedraios); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside -- dwell, sit (by, down).

see GREEK kata

see GREEK hedraios

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 Káthou

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 4:16 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει
NAS: THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS
KJV: The people which sat in darkness
INT: people who were sitting in darkness

Matthew 4:16 V-PPM/P-DMP
GRK: καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ
NAS: AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND
KJV: and to them which sat in the region
INT: and to those who were sitting in [the] land

Matthew 9:9 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ
NAS: Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth;
KJV: Matthew, sitting at
INT: he saw a man sitting at the

Matthew 11:16 V-PPM/P-DNP
GRK: ἐστὶν παιδίοις καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς
NAS: children sitting in the market places,
KJV: unto children sitting in
INT: it is to little children sitting in the

Matthew 13:1 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: τῆς οἰκίας ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν
NAS: out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
KJV: the house, and sat by
INT: [from] the house sat down by the

Matthew 13:2 V-PNM/P
GRK: πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι καὶ πᾶς
NAS: into a boat and sat down, and the whole
KJV: into a ship, and sat; and the whole
INT: a boat having entered sat down and all

Matthew 15:29 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: τὸ ὄρος ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ
NAS: up on the mountain, He was sitting there.
KJV: into a mountain, and sat down there.
INT: the mountain he was sitting there

Matthew 19:28 V-FIM-2P
GRK: δόξης αὐτοῦ καθήσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς
NAS: you also shall sit upon twelve
INT: of glory of him will sit also you

Matthew 20:30 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν
NAS: blind men sitting by the road,
KJV: two blind men sitting by the way side,
INT: two blind [men] sitting beside the

Matthew 22:44 V-PMM/P-2S
GRK: κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν
NAS: TO MY LORD, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
KJV: unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
INT: Lord of me Sit on [the] right hand

Matthew 23:22 V-PPM/P-DMS
GRK: ἐν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ
NAS: of God and by Him who sits upon it.
KJV: and by him that sitteth thereon.
INT: by him who sits upon it

Matthew 24:3 V-PPM/P-GMS
GRK: Καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ
NAS: As He was sitting on the Mount
KJV: And as he sat upon the mount
INT: [as] was sitting moreover he

Matthew 26:58 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: εἰσελθὼν ἔσω ἐκάθητο μετὰ τῶν
NAS: and entered in, and sat down with the officers
KJV: went in, and sat with the servants,
INT: having entered within he sat with the

Matthew 26:64 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καθήμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν
NAS: OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND
KJV: of man sitting on
INT: of man sitting at [the] right hand

Matthew 26:69 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: δὲ Πέτρος ἐκάθητο ἔξω ἐν
NAS: Peter was sitting outside
KJV: Now Peter sat without in
INT: moreover Peter was sitting outside in

Matthew 27:19 V-PPM/P-GMS
GRK: Καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ
NAS: While he was sitting on the judgment seat,
KJV: he was set down on
INT: As was sitting however he

Matthew 27:36 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: καὶ καθήμενοι ἐτήρουν αὐτὸν
NAS: And sitting down, they [began] to keep watch over
KJV: And sitting down they watched him
INT: And sitting down they kept guard over him

Matthew 27:61 V-PPM/P-NFP
GRK: ἄλλη Μαρία καθήμεναι ἀπέναντι τοῦ
NAS: Mary, sitting opposite
KJV: Mary, sitting over against
INT: other Mary sitting opposite the

Matthew 28:2 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: λίθον καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ
NAS: the stone and sat upon it.
KJV: the door, and sat upon it.
INT: stone and was sitting upon it

Mark 2:6 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι καὶ διαλογιζόμενοι
NAS: of the scribes were sitting there
KJV: of the scribes sitting there,
INT: scribes there sitting and reasoning

Mark 2:14 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: τοῦ Ἁλφαίου καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ
NAS: the [son] of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth,
KJV: the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at
INT: of Alphaeus sitting at the

Mark 3:32 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: καὶ ἐκάθητο περὶ αὐτὸν
NAS: A crowd was sitting around
KJV: And the multitude sat about him,
INT: And sat around him

Mark 3:34 V-PPM/P-AMP
GRK: αὐτὸν κύκλῳ καθημένους λέγει Ἴδε
NAS: at those who were sitting around
KJV: on them which sat about
INT: him in a circle were sitting he says Behold

Mark 4:1 V-PNM/P
GRK: πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ
NAS: in the sea and sat down; and the whole
KJV: into a ship, and sat in the sea;
INT: the boat having entered sat in the

Mark 5:15 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: τὸν δαιμονιζόμενον καθήμενον ἱματισμένον καὶ
NAS: the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed
KJV: the legion, sitting, and
INT: the [man] possessed by demons sitting clothed and

Strong's Greek 2521
91 Occurrences

ἐκάθητο — 11 Occ.
κάθῃ — 1 Occ.
Κάθημαι — 1 Occ.
καθήμεναι — 1 Occ.
καθημένην — 1 Occ.
καθημένης — 1 Occ.
καθημένῳ — 8 Occ.
καθημένων — 1 Occ.
καθήμενοι — 7 Occ.
καθημένοις — 4 Occ.
καθήμενον — 11 Occ.
καθήμενος — 16 Occ.
Καθημένου — 9 Occ.
καθημένους — 6 Occ.
καθήσεσθε — 2 Occ.
καθῆσθαι — 2 Occ.
κάθηται — 2 Occ.
Κάθου — 7 Occ.