Lexical Definition

‎κάθημαι‎ káthēmai (kath'-ay-mahee) to sit G:V
from ‎κατά‎

dwell, sit (by, down).

Usage: 36 forms in 260 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἐκάθητο He was sitting Matt.15.29 • Matt.26.58 • Matt.28.2 • John.6.3
was sitting Matt.13.1 • Matt.26.69 • Mark.3.32 • Mark.10.46 • Luke.18.35 • Luke.22.55 • Acts.14.8
καθῆσθαι sitting Mark.4.1
to sit down Matt.13.2
καθημένῳ is sitting Rev.19.4
sitting Matt.23.22 • Rev.4.9 • Rev.5.13 • Rev.6.4 • Rev.7.10 • Rev.14.15
sitting by 1Cor.14.30
καθημένων sitting Rev.19.18
sitting down LXX.Ruth.4.4 • LXX.1Kgs.13.20 • LXX.Jer.32.12
καθημένουσ ones sitting LXX.Isa.42.7
ones sitting down LXX.Ps.107.10
residing Rev.14.6
settling LXX.Jer.25.30 • LXX.Jer.44.13
settling down LXX.Jer.25.29
sitting LXX.2Kgs.18.27 • LXX.Isa.36.12 • Luke.21.35 • John.2.14 • Rev.4.4 • Rev.9.17
sitting down LXX.Deut.11.19 • LXX.Jer.13.13
were sitting Mark.3.34
καθημένου When was sitting Matt.24.3 • Matt.27.19
at his sitting LXX.Gen.18.1
one sitting LXX.2Sam.6.2
one staying LXX.1Sam.30.24
sitting LXX.Exod.12.29 • LXX.1Chr.13.6 • Rev.4.10 • Rev.5.1 • Rev.5.7 • Rev.6.16 • Rev.19.19 • Rev.19.21
when is sitting Mark.13.3
καθημένοισ settling LXX.Jer.44.1
sitting Matt.4.16 • Matt.11.16 • Luke.1.79 • Luke.7.32
καθημένοι sitting down LXX.Josh.5.8
καθημένησ is sitting Rev.17.1
καθημένην sitting Rev.17.3
καθημένη O one sitting down LXX.Jer.48.19
being sat down LXX.Jer.48.18
sitting LXX.Neh.2.6
sitting down LXX.Isa.47.8
καθίσασθε sit down LXX.Exod.16.29
καθήσονται shall settle LXX.Eccl.10.6
shall sit down LXX.Hos.3.4 • LXX.Zech.8.4
they shall sit LXX.Jer.51.30
καθήσονταί shall sit LXX.2Kgs.15.12
shall sit down LXX.2Kgs.10.30
καθήσομαι I shall settle LXX.1Sam.27.5
I shall sit down LXX.2Sam.16.18
settled LXX.Judg.6.18
shall sit LXX.1Sam.12.2
should sit down LXX.1Sam.20.5
καθήσθαι sitting down LXX.Ps.127.2
καθήση you shall sit down LXX.1Sam.20.19 • LXX.Hos.3.3
καθήσεται He will sit down LXX.Lam.3.28
he shall settle LXX.1Sam.1.22
he shall sit LXX.1Kgs.1.35 • LXX.1Kgs.7.8
he shall sit down LXX.Lev.13.46
shall not settle LXX.1Sam.5.7
shall sit LXX.1Kgs.1.17 • LXX.1Kgs.1.20 • LXX.1Kgs.1.24 • LXX.1Kgs.1.27 • LXX.1Kgs.1.30
shall sit down LXX.Ezek.44.3
she shall sit LXX.Lev.12.4
καθήσεσθε You shall settle LXX.Zech.9.12
sit LXX.Num.32.6
will sit Matt.19.28 • Luke.22.30
you settle LXX.2Chr.32.10
you shall sit LXX.Lev.8.35
καθήμενοσ In sitting down LXX.Ps.50.20
O one settled LXX.Jer.48.43
being settled LXX.Jer.21.9
one sitting LXX.2Kgs.19.15 • LXX.Ps.99.1 • LXX.Isa.37.16
one sitting down LXX.Lev.15.6 • LXX.Jer.36.30
sitting LXX.1Kgs.8.25 • LXX.2Chr.6.16 • LXX.Jer.33.17 • Matt.4.16 • Luke.22.69 • John.9.8 • John.12.15 • Acts.3.10 • Acts.8.28 • Col.3.1 • Rev.4.2 • Rev.4.3 • Rev.6.2 • Rev.6.5 • Rev.6.8 • Rev.7.15 • Rev.14.16 • Rev.19.11 • Rev.21.5
sitting down LXX.Deut.6.7 • LXX.2Kgs.14.10 • LXX.Ps.80.1 • LXX.Song.8.13 • LXX.Jer.22.2 • LXX.Jer.22.30
was sitting LXX.Ezra.9.4
καθήμενον is sitting Rev.14.14
one sitting LXX.1Kgs.1.48
one sitting down LXX.Jer.49.31
sitting LXX.1Kgs.3.6 • LXX.1Kgs.22.19 • LXX.2Chr.18.18 • LXX.Isa.6.1 • LXX.Jer.29.16 • Matt.9.9 • Matt.26.64 • Mark.2.14 • Mark.5.15 • Mark.14.62 • Mark.16.5 • Luke.5.27 • Luke.8.35 • Luke.22.56 • Rev.20.11
sitting down LXX.1Kgs.13.14
καθήμενοι ones settling down LXX.Neh.11.6
settling LXX.Isa.9.9
settling down LXX.Jer.44.15 • LXX.Jer.44.26
sitting LXX.2Chr.18.9 • LXX.Jer.17.25 • Matt.20.30 • Mark.2.6 • Luke.10.13 • Acts.2.2 • Rev.11.16
sitting by Luke.5.17
sitting down LXX.Judg.5.10 • LXX.Ps.69.12 • LXX.Jer.22.4 • LXX.Jer.49.30 • LXX.Zech.3.8 • Matt.27.36
καθήμεναι sitting Matt.27.61
sitting down LXX.Song.5.12 • LXX.Ezek.8.14
καθήμεθα sit LXX.2Kgs.7.3 • LXX.Jer.8.14
κάθῃ do you sit Acts.23.3
κάθου Sit down LXX.Judg.17.10 • LXX.Ruth.3.18 • LXX.2Kgs.2.2 • LXX.2Kgs.2.4 • LXX.2Kgs.2.6 • LXX.Ps.110.1
You sit LXX.Gen.38.11
You sit down LXX.1Sam.22.23
do sit Matt.22.44 • Mark.12.36 • Luke.20.42 • Acts.2.34 • Heb.1.13 • Jas.2.3 • Jas.2.3
settle LXX.1Sam.22.5 • LXX.1Kgs.2.36
sit LXX.1Sam.1.23
κάθηται he sits LXX.Judg.3.24 • LXX.2Sam.16.3
settle LXX.1Sam.27.5
sits LXX.2Sam.7.2 • LXX.Ps.47.8 • LXX.Isa.19.1 • Rev.17.9 • Rev.17.15
sits down LXX.Exod.11.5 • LXX.2Sam.19.8
κάθησθε did you settle LXX.Judg.5.16
sit down LXX.Judg.18.8
κάθησαι sit down LXX.Exod.18.14
you sit down LXX.Prov.6.10
κάθηνται and they sit LXX.Job.38.40
they sit down LXX.Ezek.33.31
κάθημαι I sit Rev.18.7
sit LXX.Jer.40.10
κάθη you should sit down LXX.Prov.3.24
εκαθήμην I sat LXX.Jer.15.17
sat down LXX.Ezra.9.3
was sitting LXX.Ezek.8.1
εκάθου you sat down LXX.Ezek.23.41
εκάθητο David settled LXX.1Sam.23.18 • LXX.1Sam.27.11
he sat down LXX.Exod.17.12 • LXX.Jonah.4.5
he settled LXX.2Chr.26.21
sat LXX.Judg.3.20 • LXX.Judg.13.9 • LXX.Judg.16.12 • LXX.1Sam.1.9 • LXX.1Sam.4.13 • LXX.2Kgs.1.9
sat down LXX.Judg.4.5 • LXX.Judg.16.9 • LXX.Esth.5.1 • LXX.Job.2.8 • LXX.Dan.7.9 • LXX.Zech.5.7
settled LXX.Gen.19.1 • LXX.Gen.19.30 • LXX.Gen.38.11 • LXX.1Sam.14.2 • LXX.1Sam.23.14 • LXX.1Kgs.12.2 • LXX.1Kgs.17.19 • LXX.1Chr.20.1
she sat down LXX.Gen.21.16
sitting LXX.1Sam.19.9
stayed LXX.1Sam.22.6 • LXX.2Kgs.2.18
was sitting LXX.2Sam.18.24 • LXX.Jer.36.22
was sitting down LXX.Gen.23.10 • LXX.2Kgs.6.32 • LXX.Jer.38.7
εκάθηντο sat LXX.Jer.36.12
sat down LXX.1Kgs.22.10 • LXX.2Kgs.4.38
sitting down LXX.1Sam.24.3
they sat down LXX.2Chr.18.9
were sitting down LXX.2Kgs.6.32 • LXX.2Kgs.9.5 • LXX.Ezek.8.1

Abbott-Smith

κάθ-ημαι, [in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]
in cl. pres. and impf. only (prop. pf. and plpf. of καθέζομαι; cf. Bl., § 24), in LXX and NT fut. also, to sit, be seated: Mt 11:16 22:44(LXX), Mk 2:6, Jo 6:3, Ac 2:2, Ja 2:3 (on the vulgar imper. κάθου, v. Kennedy, Sources, 162), Re 4:3, al.; seq. prep. c. acc., ἐπί, Mt 9:9, Mk 2:14, Jo 12:15; παρά, Mt 13:1, Mk 10:46; περί, Mk 3:32, 34; πρός, Lk 22:56; ὑπό, Ja 2:3; εἰς, Mk 13:3; μετά, c. gen. pers., Mt 26:58; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mt 22:44; ἐπάνω, c. gen., Mt 28:2; ἀπέναντι, c. gen., Mt 27:61; ἐπί, c. dat., Ac 3:10; id. c. gen., Ac 8:28; ἐκεῖ, Mt 15:29; pleonastic (M, Pr., 230, 241; Dalman, Words, 22), Mt 13:2, Ac 23:3, Re 18:7; metaph., Mt 4:16, Lk 1:79(LXX); of one's domicile (Ne 11:6, Si 50:26; Hdt., v, 63), Lk 21:35, Ac 2:2, Re 14:6 (cf. συν-κάθημαι).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Nehemiah 11:6
Matthew 4:16 · 9:9 · 11:16 · 13:1 · 13:2 · 15:29 · 22:44 · 26:58 · 27:61 · 28:2
Mark 2:6 · 2:14 · 3:32 · 3:34 · 10:46 · 13:3
Luke 1:79 · 21:35 · 22:56
John 6:3 · 12:15
Acts 2:2 · 3:10 · 8:28 · 23:3
James 2:3
Revelation 4:3 · 14:6 · 18:7

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κάθημαι,

Ionic dialect κάτ-, 2nd pers. singular κάθησαι (Ionic dialect κάτ- [NT+5th c.BC+] codices; 3rd.pers. singular κάθηται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κατέαται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κάθουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular καθήσθω [Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural καθήσθωσαν [Refs]; subjunctive καθῶμαι, κάθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθῆσθα; participle καθήμενος: imperfect ἐκαθήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also without syllable augment καθῆστο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect κατῆστο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καθήατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect κατέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the later future καθήσομαι [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+]:—to be seated, sit, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in participle, πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θύρῃσι κ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θρόνῳ κ. [Refs]; θρόνῳ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+]: with accusative loci, sit on, ὀφρύην [Refs]

__2 especially of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the βουλή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, [Refs]
__3 sit still, sit quiet, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a boat's crew, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped, περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 reside in a place, [LXX+NT]; settle, εἰς Σινώπην [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 lead a sedentary, obscure life, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be engaged or employed, especially in a sedentary business, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τούτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opposed to ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__6 sit as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 of districts and countries, lie, Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7.b to be low-lying, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πεδίον κ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]; πόπανον.. κ. δωδεκόμφαλον probably flat in the middle, [Refs]
__8 of a statue, to be placed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__9 of things, to be set or placed, λαγῴοις ἐπ᾽ ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.23.3 ☩ LXX.Lev.8.35 ☩ Luke.22.30 ☩ Acts.8.28 ☩ LXX.Neh.11.6 ☩ Matt.4.16